And it is a pretty great mountain bike that Santa brought for my older daughter, too!.

From my older daughter: When I asked her what she got last year from Santa, she admitted she couldn’t remember….

A few photos from yesterday’s Civano Holiday Party: Our older daughter plays viola in the local kids’ string group. Here she is concentrating as she plays. Our younger daughter, right, with a friend. Some good friends of ours: I love this photo! After the strings performance: the Civano Community School chorus, which both daughters sing [...]

“The Problem with Christmas” by Bill McKibben and appearing in my favorite of online environmental resources Grist, is a wonderful, quick read that gave me, at least, a perspective I need. http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/69068