Visiting

This was a great place to spend the night! The company was grand, and the arrangements couldn’t have worked out better.

I had a very productive meeting with the host, and the location made it easy to go out on a nice walk as a break.  It was a lovely sunny day, and with the temperature in the 20s, I was encouraged to keep walking, or at least to keep moving. We wandered past the woodpile, waiting to be lit up for the winter solstice next week. (Alas, I need to be back in CA so will miss what I have heard is a fabulous party.)

When I got back home, and told my daughters about my trip, they were unhappy that I hadn’t taken them with me. They really like animals, and wanted to meet the dogs, cats, chickens, goats, horses, pigs, cows, and whatever other animals I’m leaving out.

I certainly look forward to returning (if I am invited), and seeing the finished bar [ed: in the meantime the contents of said bar live on the floor in a disorganized but colorful array]. I also hope to convince the host to start stocking some Island scotches to go along with the rest of his enormous collection.

I learned a number of interesting things during my visit: what a liberal is (the drink), that macaroni and cheese can be a gourmet meal, and that a coal stove can really be turned into a working sink!

Steve