I'm grateful for winter's bounty of music. In the summertime with people traveling and out kayaking and hiking and fishing, the homemade music quotient in this town goes way down. But we're back into the long music-friendly evenings and afternoons.

And last night I saw la Boheme done by our local lyric opera- what a treat. The music was soaring in my head for hours after.

My friends'and family's health are all stable at the moment and considering the chanciness of life itself that is not to be taken for granted.

I guess the best news is that there is always the opportunity to make things better or just to hang on and wait things out. (The ability to hang on is an acquired talent for me!)

Ebbie