Of the intangible gifts that arrived a bit early in the month, my son flew home for a few weeks from university two states away, and my daughter graduated cum laude with a double major (English and Theater Arts) on Dec. 16 from a state university 45 miles from here. She goes into graduate school in the spring, library science, same school.

We don't give many gifts these days - college pretty well sucks up available cash, and we don't need much. Most of what my daughter and I gave her father was a big batch of homemade empanadillas (she helped me this year to learn how to make those, plus a big pot of rice called arroz con gondules). I was given an oil radiator for the greenhouse and my daughter is sewing a couple of things for me.

That's great news that you're in the house, maeve. It has been a long time coming!

Kendall, I like Scotch also, but this year I self-gifted a case+ of mixed wines (good sale at a local liquor store). My wine rack looks lovely. :)

SRS