I opened all the presents from my Santa, Kim C. All red and green wrappings, what fun. My first Mudcat Secret Santa year to get presents.

There was a lovely black and crystal bracelet, good for New Year's Eve, lemon soap (my favorite scent, as Santa knew) with a hand-knitted washcloth, a CD of Kim's ("Lowlands of Holland" by Kim and Paul Caudell) and an accompanying novel set in Tennesse during the Civil War, "The Black Flower" by Howard Bahr -- as one of the songs on the CD is based on another of his books, "The Year of the Jubilo".

So this pressie will give me much to do in the upcoming year!!! The CD also has "Lorena" and "Annie Laurie", two of my favorite songs. How did Santa know this???? Amazing.

--Linda Goodman