I'm back

After a significant holiday hiatus, I have returned to the blog. We had a lovely Christmas (ahem, I mean, happy holiday) - with all thermies here together for a far too brief period. I have said to many this past year that the more civilized our daughters become the less we get to see them - where is the fairness in that? Ladies - I'm just kidding - you know we adored you even before you were civilized - take it as a compliment!
I will be posting some pics soon, but wanted everyone to check out the link I have added in the sidebar to Michael Yon's blog from Iraq. A journalist who spent most of 2005 with the troops in Iraq, he is back to spend all of 2007 there with infantry troops, on the ground, reporting. His observations are always valuable, but particularly now when we are about to enter another "national discussion" about our mission there. Forget the generals and the politicians if what you care about is what happens to Iraqis and to American soldiers there, not to mention the fate of the world.