[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...how are you and the Christmas time train doing with all the walking? Getting used to having to walk farther?

Still “good” weather?

[PROCON]

I have everything I need unpacked and the rest "stuffed" somewhere for later sorting.

Zach's playing rhythm guitar in his school's chapel worship service Friday; looking forward to seeing that.

Doing some electrical work for my landlady's properties too, a little extra money always helps.

Other than that, living the good life!

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing great, thanks! Most of the antique railroad cars have been pulled out.

Today and tomorrow, Union Station is hosting the Marines "Toys for Tots" campaign. Lots of Marines in Dress Blues walking around, etc.

I'm getting used to the walking - I've even lost a few pounds - but I've been sick over the last couple of days - chest congestion and asthma. I could barely make it through Choir last night. We rehearse again tomorrow evening - I'm going to have to sign off soon to get some rest.

The weather has been rainy and blustery lately - seems to have settled down for the present.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

This is the Arabic character "nun" – the first letter of the word "Nazarene." I post it as my avatar in solidarity with people of all faiths suffering persecution at the hands of Islam. Many of them are members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, dating from the days of the Apostles. They endure cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors they, and we, are all "Nazarenes."