Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:30 p.m. in "The City."

Just so everyone is up to date on what's been going on here, I have been having some issues with my yak and that has made me reticent to sit in this chair for any length of time. The trains have been seen  coming and going, we have been eating the vegan foods we've been preparing, and the fur-children are doing well.

I will be having surgery on my shoulder next Thursday and then I will be unable to blog for a few weeks. Not to worry, to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger in his role as The Terminator, or perhaps the late General Douglas MacArthur, "I'll be back."

However for now, I am entertaining myself with Hallmark Movies and coloring or working crossword puzzles.

Mary and I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Blog at you soon.  Ciao.