Merry Christmas all.

I'm sitting listening to a C/D that I got as a gift. Alan Toussaint's new C/D - "The Bright Mississippi". Heard that it is up for a Grammy. It's great listening with my glass of merlot.

Mr. Dockside and I had a memorable Christmas Eve. We live across Puget Sound from Seattle. Took the ferry to Seattle and I went to the locked ward of the County Hospital as a guardian ad litem to interview a man who may end up needing a guardian. Then we went to the church (in downtown Seattle) where we belong. I had brought pumpkin pie and potato salad to share at a potluck scheduled - only to find, when we got there, that it had been cancelled. We had planned to see "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" after the potluck and then return to church for punch and cookies, a Christmas aria and then the 11:00 service. Well, there was nothing open except a Starbucks (unless we had hours to wait for a table at The Cheesecake Factory). So, I ended up with a yogurt parfait and then we bought a huge tub of popcorn at the movie (it was great fun) and ate most of that.

The Christmas Eve meal I will never forget!!!

Critical thinking - our other national deficit.