Christmas reading list

It's going to be a weird Christmas. My mother-in-law fell and broke her hip a couple of months ago. My wife and #2 son have been taking care of her the past couple of weeks and will be staying until New Year's. Then she's going to come stay with us until she's up to living on her own again.

Meanwhile, #1 son and I have been "putting our feet on the furniture and smoking cigars." We'd have been going out and doing stuff, but the snow's kept us at bay most of the past week.

We won't get our Christmas cards out until after New Year's — again. I don't remember, but I think we finally just gave up last year. There were some "creative difference" about the format of the letter that we never got around to settling. We'll try to get something out by Valentine's Day.

I've been doing a bit more reading the past couple of months. I'd almost forgotten how much fun that is. So while I'm with the folks, I'm going to see if I can do some more. Here's what I'm taking with me, we'll see how far I get. There's a lot of plane and airport time coming up.