In old Oregon

[randy_byers]

Denys and I lost internet connectivity at home on Tuesday, and Comcast can't send anybody out until Friday afternoon. I'm in Oregon now, surprisingly enough. I didn't think I was going to make it to the airport yesterday, because of the icy roads, and then after my neighbor kindly got me there, I thought my flight was going to get canceled after it kept getting delayed. It was scheduled to leave at 6:15, and we finally got off the ground at 11:10. We had Santa on board with us, and I won a bottle of wine by guessing the combined age of the flight attendants. I was going to guess 47, but then decided to go with my own age, 48.

We're having a white Christmas. Best get back to it.

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[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas, Randy. Glad yer in Oregon sound and safe. I thought of you just now; whilst listening to the incomparably beautiful a cappella choral music of Vagn Holmboe and precessing through the stations of the net, I discovered that today's episode of Democracy Now is devoted entirely to "A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz".

May all our days be holy.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas, Ron. Looking forward to the comps, and I love the message, "Be brave." As usual this time of year, I was feeling a bit forlorn the last couple of days, thinking about the past and lost chances, other Christmases spent elsewhere. Well, such is life. It's all good.