Congrats, maeve! Sorry I missed this earlier. Ya know, maybe you are so into the rhythms of Nature, that it's okay if you add a little in the winter when all things of good sense hunker down and doze a lot.:-) That's my theory, at least, feel free to use it.:-)

I have lost about 3 more pounds over the past three weeks and for the first time in years have managed a full one hour of qi gong, all of it on my feet, no chair! I can't wait to tell my doc when I see her this week for a treatment. I also can't wait to see what her daughters thought of the cardboard dulcimer kit I gave her for them to put together. She's got one who is already writing her own songs and loves music.