As we suppose most people know who have been following the weather news, our area of the Midwest has been drenched by a record amount of rain. Fortunately there are no major rivers near Madison, so we haven't had the very serious flooding that many nearby communities have had. However, our lakes are *full* to overflowing so people who live near ( Read more... )

Well I [Perri] had a nice, low-key birthday on Christmas Eve...thanks to everyone who sent best wishes to me. Richard and I both had a very pleasant Christmas. We had standing rib-roast for Christmas dinner--*yum* [much easier to prepare than the traditional turkey with all the trimmings]. We got plenty of books as gifts, which is the important ( Read more... )