Next post will be from the homeland of Ohio. Apologies for not making many posts this week; my friend Aaron is staying in our house for a couple of days now and a few more after we return from Christmas, and all my spare time has been sucked up by doing Christmas cards, Christmas shopping, even Christmas cookies. The season is upon us, even if the weather here in Bethesda, Maryland is something akin to 60 degrees. The heck. Ah, well -- my folks assure me there's snow on the ground back home. I may have a white Christmas yet. Here's hoping.