Blogging is light today because I’ve been distracted by a zillion details as I pack for the great semi-annual migration. There are birdcages to clean and birds to bring in for boarding, and the dachshund who rules the universe to bring to the vet, plants to set up, a pool to prepare (living in the tropical paradise that used to be JEB! land of course there’s a pool.)

I’ll be taking a couple of weeks off to drive up to New York to see the kids and grandkids, with a few stops along the way for old and not-so-old friends.

I’ll do what I can to post over this time, but I do most of my posting during the day and that is prime travel and sight-seeing time. I’ll post when I can, and I’ll see to it that there is always an open thread, and encourage you to post your thoughts, fears, glories and warnings.

Just please be kind to each other. We all have enough stress and strife in our lives during the Age of Bu$h.