[Nfbmt] christmas

[Rik James]

Greetings on Christmas Eve.

Karen and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, too. Snugged in in Bozeman. 
The moose up in Kelly Canyon. The downy woodpeckers outside my office 
window.

And of course Lydia the Feline Queen of our house, who jumps on my scanner 
every time I start up my Kurzweil K-1000. She thinks I only want to read 
books about cats. They all wish you happy new year. At least that is my 
interpretation and anthromorphisized version of their most recently heard 
utterances.

The music is all sweet.
And the candy a treat.
Now settle in, be neat.
And for gosh sakes, watch your feet.
Don't step on me!! I am here by the fire. What, are you blind or something?

Cats. Gee whiz. So subtle aren't they?
How did she actually seize control of my keyboard like that anyhow!

Rik

PS - My current winter reading list includes the following titles:  Feel 
free to post some of your comments or suggestions for more.

The Dog Stars
by Peter Keller
fiction

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
by Nikki Giovanni
poetry, essays

Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet
by Todd Wilkinson and Ted Turner
non-fiction

The Crash of 2016
by Thom Hartmann

Simple Dreams
by Linda Ronstadt
a memoir

And finally, last but very certainly NOT least a wonderful biography of a 
great leader.

Blind Justice: Jacobus TenBroek and the Vision of Equality
by Floyd W. Matson
2005.  294 pages   available at Bookshare, Learning Ally, and at NLS BARD.