Happy Kwanzaa!

Well another Christmas has come and gone, and truly one of the strangest as it was only Max and me. But I did cook a fabulous meal of baked ham, scalloped potatos, brussel sprouts and box bread, along with the pecan pie. Strung some blue lights and a few bulbs on my big 50 year old Christmas cactus, which while not yet blooming is covered with baby buds. Having 2/3 of the kids away is a little depressing, I doubt we'll spend another Christmas with the four of us again, unless Sadie moves back to the states, which I really doubt. But maybe LA next holiday, I can't wait to make a little trip down there to sunny CA. Felt a little couch potato fever coming on today so took a long run, haven't done that for about a year I think. Just 5.5 miles, but still a good work out. The weather was really perfect, about 42 degrees and partly sunny. Better start to focus on more activity to get fit and stave off old age. It's worth a try anyway! Rented the Bob Dylan film: No Direction Home and it was almost a history lesson of the turmoil of the '60's, the old footage of all of them, babies really, was amazing. Joan Baez's voice is like no other. And Bob was so uneven. Sometimes he was on key and very compelling, pure genius and sometimes you wonder how he could even call himself a singer. He was a poet really, the singing seemed more of a necessity to give the poems a forum. He deserved all the accolades though. The comment by one person who said you think Like a Rolling Stone is long now, the original had about fifty verses. I'll bet that was something to behold. The other movie I rented was one I'd heard about too, Rosanna Arquette's Searching for Debra Winger. It's basically a documentary inverviewing a lot of the great actresses of our time on how they manage family, fame and relationships and still keep their sanity. Very candid views, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well it's on to 2006 next week. Not sure what the new year will bring but I'm sure it will be a political maelstrom. Keep hearing the "I" word, impeachment, which gives me hope that the American public is really smarter than they vote. This spying on citizens issue will take hold and become a huge shit storm for George Bush. Finally the democrats have some sure fire ammunition, I hope they use it wisely. I know this, a lot will be happening this year on the political front, more good than bad if we're lucky.