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Merry (almost) Christmas everyone! I’m posting this on Friday because if all has gone well, we are on (or nearly on) the road heading for Baltimore right now. December has felt somewhat harried to me. I had several work projects that absolutely had to be done this week, and add to that Christmas parties, shopping, mailing, and other obligations, and it makes for one busy

2011 has been a strange reading year for me. I am nowhere near the pace I usually set, and this looks like it’s going to be the first year I haven’t hit 100 books since 2005. Am I unhappy about this? Maybe a little. Mostly, I think it means that I haven’t done a great job choosing what to read. A number of the books

Alas, my fun for the summer is over! Not that I can complain. I’ve had 3 weeks of vacation this summer, and it was all great. (if you’re interested, click on pictures to go to the photo gallery) First, in June we went to Salt Lake City to visit my husband’s brother and his family. While we were there, we visited some places in the