Old, reliable things are nice, Jerry, but there's something to be said for state-of-the-art, brand-spankin' new too, isn't there! Is that why we love babis so much? :)

So true, KT. Tony always made us smile and still does. And it is something I should remind myself of more often than I do. The problem is that one grief leads inexorably to other griefs- and it's hard to remind oneself that we haven't really lost them.

Absolutely glowing and almost transparent. The image keeps coming to my mind.