Ken's son is off to South Korea...

Shaun is leaving at the end of the month to teach English in S. Korea. We've been enjoying his company for dinner most nights as he has given up his place in Atlanta and is working with Ken until he leaves. It has been fun to cook for more then two and we will really miss him, but we are excited for him too as he is very happy for this International opportunity.

Although the leaves are gone the weather has still been nice enough to play golf and hike. It was actually 68 this weekend. We are enjoying going out with friends and I am blessed by great golfing buddies, so this is really feeling like home now. In March it will be 2 years since I left Alaska and one since I moved here and off the boat. Time really does fly. It's been a very eventful 2 years. On Sunday I went with my book club to Menapause the Musical in Atlanta, what a blast with 26 of us.

Also my good friend Annie from Manteo, NC was here and we enjoyed a great visit, we've stayed friends for the year since I left Manteo at Christmas time 2005. Again it was hard to believe how quickly time had passed. I guess that is the thing I notice the most recently as days melt into weeks into months....... Anyway it was so great to see her again. We met in Atlanta and did the Merchandise Mart, seeing all the new vendors and shopping for her shop, while visions of a storefront danced in my head too. I still miss running a Gallery, but love the freedom of not having a storefront too.... I am horribly divided on which I want more, but I am enjoying the time to write too. Mostly I think it is just habit that makes me want to run a store, for a very long time the Gallery was my identity.