conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

body of christ, bread of heaven

We are in Lynchburg. Yesterday, Trish, my mother, and I exchanged gifts. Mother was very generous this year. Trish now has more pottery than she knows what to do with. We will have to protect it from the cats, but the gifts were thoughtful and lovely.

We gave everyone copies of wedding photos this year. Mom was especially moved. So, I thought I would pick one of my favorites and blog it. This photo is of our friend Davie passing the communion bread. It's a great memory. Anamnesis, people. Live it.

Trish's head cold came on full bore yesterday. So, she spent the day on Mom's couch napping or opening gifts. Thankfully, she is feeling better today. We may go to downtown Lynchburg to stroll through some antique shops and Inklings Bookstore if she feels up to it. Tomorrow we will go back to Chicago. It is about thirteen hours from Mom's place. It is a pleasant drive, taking us past Foam Henge (I am not proud of this.) and Natural Bridge. We'll take I-64 to Louisville and then I-65 to the Skyway...and then the Skyway into Chicago. Oy.

Tonight we are hosting a little suare at Mom's. It is not much, just one last opportunity to see our Metro-Lynchburg friends and family. It is amazing how many people we know here. I would never have dreamed it.

Saturday night One of the Girls will be playing at the Poitin Stil. You should come to ring in the New Year with us. The Stil does get smokey, so if the smoke bothers you, come at about eleven o'clock, stay for two hours, and then leave. You could come at nine o'clock and try to ignore the gradual build up, but it is your call. I find the latter strategy easier to bear. Also, it may simply be less smokey this time. Who knows who might turn up for this shindig? I certainly don't. Maybe some of the lobbyists for the Chicago smoking ban will attend!

Well, I hope you all have a great holiday. I may blog again later today. I don't know. After that it is hard to say. My computer at home will not boot. I do have backup disks for everything, but I made the mistake of performing a Microsoft Update on my six year old machine. Now, of course, it won't even boot up. Joy. I guess I will have to reformat the hard drive or something. If anyone has any ideas, leave a comment or give me a call.

Peace.
Posted by tripp at December 29, 2005 09:09 AM