

I rather suspect 2017 will be much about finding silver linings, so this is an appropriate start, don’t you think?Ĭhristmas brought books galore, a nice assortment of local history and horticultural tomes, with a dash of vintage fiction. We’re all still delicately sniffling, but the worst appears to be over (touch wood!) so holding onto the thought that our immune systems will be all the stronger for it. We thought we’d dodged it, but no such luck! – it’s hopped gleefully from family member to family member, morphing merrily into an eclectic assortment of unpleasant symptoms.

Surfacing from a very quiet and blessedly peaceful Christmas season, marred only by a viral thing which has been going the rounds locally.

Well, hello, 2017! You’re three days old, already.
