Okay ... it's not that exciting but we NEVER get into the teens in December in Ocean Shores!

No! This isn't a bogus photo--it's Duck Lake this morning taken at the NE end of Falls of Clyde Loop where the creek across the street feeds into the lake 1/4 mile from my home

Admittedly, there isn't enough ice to hold a Penny above water, but for a short while, the scene took my mind off of the screwball Health Care Bill slowly emerging from the Senate.

Maybe tomorrow I'll go back to being concerned about all of the unborn babies that soon-to-be law will kill.

Or whatever ...

The only "news" implied by today's posting is that Grays Harbor College closed down until the Winter Quarter (and forever for me!) and I obviously have time to start playing with my digital camera again. I'll start grading the finals that are stacked a foot deep in my living room on Friday or so and submit the grades electronically next week. One advantage of not having a teaching contract is that they can't fire me for dragging my feet for a while. Actually, if they would have out-and-out fired me instead of simply not recontracting me, I could sue them for age discrimination.

Being seventy-five has to be worth something, don't you think?