morning date

ham bacon n cheese on an everything bagel* gets the vote for MVP, breakfast ed. squishy savory bite with speckles of saltiness from the cheese chewy bacon and everything. HOM and i say, there's in-n-out on the west coast and there's the bagel in nyc.

*from utopia bagels

well, now!

a trishaw, no less! in manhattan! as gaudily decked out as the best in malacca!

looking back

relatively insulated from christmas ho-ho-hos this year from doing fewer mall and grocery runs although the storefronts are all gaily bedecked and the weather is suitably cold. looking back on a full year:

• the (stalled) renovations dominate 
• with evolving thoughts priorities and wishes about our home(s) 
• and a new understanding of what a thorn in the flesh and waiting upon God feel like

• farewelled a number of long-time patients
• people always say, thank you for your care. and i always think, how privileged i am!
• my honor to be able to do what i do and get paid for it, i think

• farewelled prof C, totally unexpectedly and too soon

on more cheerful notes:

• a number of trips, all welcome and enjoyed!
• visits from J1 Yi J2 A, all treasured!

psalm 23

you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; 

you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.

surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life

grateful humbled glad

closing up the year

we visit with J1 and Yi. the glass is a third filled but the cup is pretty much running over.

back to reality

home! to E and warm evening breezes and familiar food and leeuwin estate art series. 

it's nice to be away and lovely to enjoy getting back too. 

we are grateful.

grub on the go

high speed train from wuhan to shanghai and kfc delivers as promised. burgers and wings and drink, right to our seats!

we're a pair of excited schoolkids, HOM and i, we are.