Long year with family, losses and bad news abound. For my 'celebration', I spent the last two days at a deserted lake in the desert. Was windy & cold the whole

Long year with family, losses and bad news abound. For my 'celebration', I spent the last two days at a deserted lake in the desert. Was windy & cold the whole time, but it was solitude. A pair of bald eagles fished the shore by me for three hours. A coyote got bit by a heron he was sneaking up on. The ravens tried & failed to steal something... anything. I read half of "The Fractalist". Best Xmas Ever!