I am an impatient person. It is one of my flaws, and I have all too many of those.

I just hate to wait. Hope deferred, as the Bible says, makes the heart sick.

Don’t think I’m not grateful–I have been blessed with a career I love, and all the benefits that come with it. I just have a tendency to focus on future goals, to the point where I miss the wonderful things that are happening in my life right now.

I have reconnected with my cousin, Jay Dee, the singing cowboy and champion motorbike rider. (His dad, my

Even as I write, there are workmen in front of the house, putting up Christmas lights. It’s very cold, and we have a light snow covering the ground. Tonight, we glow!

This is just the kind of job I can’t depend on None to do. He doesn’t mow the lawn, take out the garbage, or add to the family income. I don’t know why I put up with him.