No posting for Thanksgiving Day—in respect for the day, I could have said; but in reality, I couldn’t get to the ordinateur. But if there is something I am, it is grateful. I am thankful. I thank people for what they have done for me. I thank God for what He has done for me, which includes sending people my way to do things for Him that have helped me.

But now, Thanksgiving is over. Here comes Christmas. Oh how I execrate the holiday season, and everything to do with Christmas except the strictly religious aspect. Is the Christmas spirit a friendlier attitude as you go through the throngs? Or is it the mind-numbing background music over every sound system of every store, inside and out?