Yule, the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, the time when the darkness is greatest and the light of day seems far too brief and then is only a memory.  Now the long cold nights will begin to grow shorter and the days, ever so slowly, will begin to grow longer.  The sun, now rekindled, will turn to ascend the sky once again and with ( Read more... )

I just got back this afternoon from spending four days alone with my beloved on her father's boat.  Even though we didn't leave the jetty, it was a marvelous time.  I saw my first jellyfish, a spectacularly delicate creature of red and white, throbbing to some unknown rhythm as it drifted along the waves.  I also saw my first comet, a brilliant ( Read more... )

I have the day off for the holiday and am enjoying the welcome reprieve from the stresses of work.

Yesterday was the first day operating under the new computer system at the office.  There are still numerous problems with it though:
- 10% of my clients are still not even entered into the system (meaning nothing at all can be done with them in the ( Read more... )