Nine days have passed without a new entry here. That would be because on the morning of the 18th I hopped an early flight back to the States, where I've been having far too much fun doing far too much socializing. Last night, Christmas Eve, I joined a select group of friends for what has become the annual Christmas Eve dinner in Chinatown, followed by a hilarious/inspiring Christmas lights tour of one or two neighborhoods in Somerville (a Boston-area town squeezed between Cambridge and I-93) where we witnessed some righteously excessive displays. A Boston radio station provided a soundtrack of Christmas music from the past 60 or so years -- from Bing to Phil (Spector) to insipid pop dreck.
I need to invest in a digital camera so I can inflict images from such activities on this journal.
I send Sincere wishes for a fine holiday season -- good will to all the denizens of the planet.