What a wonderful last couple of weeks I have had.  Since early December, my house has been in various stages of full.  

Nancy and I routinely comment to one another about our different approaches to writing our blogs. My blogs are generally written and posted on Saturday, two days before they appear. From what Nancy tells me, she generally writes her blog the night before they appear.  

Concert of course!

  For 15 years I've been making predictions for the coming year. It's is such a shot in the dark....here we go!   To warm you up, here's my record since 2007:

Two of my favorite words and concepts are Tradition and Family.

We gave two of our grandsons Lego sets as Hanukkah gifts and they quickly found their places to begin assembling the models. The older asked for two paper bowls to sort out and hold the many pieces as he set to work.

Every year a top cultural highlight, for me, is the Kennedy Center Honorees Special. It is always televised  between Christmas and New Years on CBS. This year’s telecast is tonight at 8 pm, Wednesday, December 28.   A group of 5 artists are presented Medals, in a night of celebration, for their distinguished careers. This year the list is an eclectic one. Performers in rock: U2, classical music: Donna Leon, movies: George Clooney, soul music: Gladys Knight, and contemporary Christian music: Amy Grant.  

It is a little surreal to me that this is my last blog of 2022.  This year has just zipped by.  “It seems like yesterday” was meant for this experience.