back home

OK. My "public" says I've been too wordy. Point taken. At least I've written since SOME people have (Cousin Andrew or Amy). Getting here today was a trick, but it all turned out well. Certain air transportation companies purport to care about one's well-being while expecting one to fly all over the country in order to get from point A to point B. I did them a favor today and simply rode one flight from A to B instead of the way it was sold to me: point A to B to C and finally to D.
I believe they should pay ME to take these shorter, more direct flights -- less fuel, less overhead, etc. I only ate one package of snack mix and had one cup of soft drink in stead of three of each. They only had to pay one pilot and co-pilot, one set of flight attendants instead of three! It was a time-saving, fuel-saving move, not to mention the tension and anxiety it relieved. And there were at least twelve empty seats on the flight for which I stood by. Nuf said.
It IS good to be where everyone knows your name. I definitely know how little orphan Annie felt when she walked into the mansion and they said "What do you want to do first?" and she said "The windows, I guess I'll start there!"