Christmas Eve anticipation...

Anticipation was once a wonderful part of this night.  Cooking dinner tonight and listening to a Rounder recording of Tracy Nelson the mood here was more one of nostalgia than expectation.  That makes sense. As for the dinner, the baked chicken breast that had been marinated in barbeque and soy sauce plus a little lemon juice worked, the potatoes and peas did as well, and a salad with greens and thinly sliced pears all added to a good meal.  So we are fortunate if not exactly blessed this year.  Maybe some Van Morrison next will cheer things up.  Does Van do that?

By the time most people read this it will be time to say Merry Christmas, so MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT.   Snow is not in the forecast.