Hi Mom!

Burned my left middle finger the other day taking a pan out of the oven. Now I have a nifty blister. Not to mention my visit to the dermatologist and the podiatrist today. Nothing major in either case.

I have two doctor visits and Pat only had one!! Only she had a xray and I didn't.

The Catholic Church here grabbed me and told me to teach a 45 minute class on the various ecumenical councils. This is the result of telling someone over a year ago that I thought Catholics needed to know what Vatican 2 said (lots of them seem not to know, or at least the ones I know seem to lack the knowledge). Rather than be declared anathema and never get to go into the Portneuf Valley Brewery again, I agreed to do it. Fortunately, the thing is held in said Brewery and and I have to spread the stuff for only 45 minutes while the audience swills good beer. If I get questions I can't answer I'll the asker to ask a priest instead of a retired librarian.

Having given life-long-learning classes people seem to like on topics which included the role of the steamboat in opening the American West, past pandemics, two on dueling, the Second Korean War, crime in Idaho 1840-1910, and others I guess they thought I'd be a good pick.

At least I'll do a better job that some of the folks here I could mention. Maybe I'll declare everyone who attends anathema maranantha and make them go to the Vatican to get it lifted. As you can tell, I've started.