Out of the Hubbub

Quote of the day:
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
--Abraham Lincoln

I am spending these days looking at sky and sea. You can learn a lot about the weather that way.

This is the first year in my memory that I have removed myself from the pre-Christmas hubbub. It’s rather eerie, actually--even though this is the intention of the advent season. In advent we are supposed to wait patiently in the growing darkness while we simultaneously come to new realizations of how much we need each other.

I guess you could say that’s what I’m doing. I’m not sure.