Brian and I leave in the wee hours of the morning to go to Florida. We will be visiting his sister, Kathy (she is a very fine artist), her husband, Pedro, my mother and her partner Fred, and Brian’s parents. We are only going for five days, so it will be a whirlwind visit but at least a change of pace.

It is cold down there right now. Kathy says her plants froze last week, and that we need to bring sweaters. Mom says right now it is 40F at night and windy. The three places we will visit are Jacksonville, Lakeland and Tampa bay area, not very south for Florida but a good deal south of Michigan. Since this is mostly a relationship trip rather than a tropical getaway, we will enjoy whatever happens.

I am taking my laptop with me, but am not sure how well I will be able to post here. We get back late Wednesday the 28th. Please bear with me if I do not post every day while we are gone.