I made a mistake in yesterday’s blog. I reported on a 1973 Dick Cavett show starring Audrey Heburn. It was not Audrey. It was Katharine. Katharine Hepburn.

I was speaking of good health and good living. Katharine did not drink and said she was high on healthy living. Good health appeared to work for her. She lived to the ripe old age of 96!

As the commentator who brought the error to my attention pointed out, Audrey died of colon cancer at 63. Audrey was a vegetarian. So in her case it could be said that healthy living did not work.

It may all be in the genes.

In any event, my apologies for the lapis lingua. Latin for slip of the tongue. And thank you to the person who pointed out my mistake.

Started my day yesterday with an early morning visit with my internest. She is happy with me also! Why not! No drinking, no smoking and a 20 pound weight loss! She wants me to drop another 20. No way. Too difficult and I do not think I would look healthy. Plus I do not think I could do it. I am hungry all the time lately. 1,000 calories a day is getting to me.

Then it was to Lori for a haircut. Always good to see Lori!

By now it was close to noon. The weather had changed. I could feel the warmth in the morning when I rose. In anticipation of the returning heat, I had worn shorts. I was not disappointed. By mid afternoon, the temperature had reached 77 degrees!

Today the high is projected at 74.

The cold wave is finally over!

I stopped to visit Lisa. She was home sick. The bug. It seems to be going round Key West.

I spent the balance of the afternoon doing paper work.

On the way into town last night, I stopped to see Lisa again. And the grandkids.

Lisa was still propped up on the couch under a blanket where I had left her.

The grandkids were all excited. I would like to say because they were seeing me. Rather it was that some one had sent them gifts from India. Ally was all dressed in Indian attire. Some kind of bushy pants, a lovely dress over the pants, a scarf around the neck and some piece of small jewelry implanted on her forehead. She looked the divine! She was prancing around. Robert received some lovely sport shirts. Real nice! And several magic games.

It was Michael’s for dinner! Sat at the bar. Emmett bartending.

The place was packed! It was like every one broke out with the turn of the weather. Free again!

Monday is Martin Luther King Day. I am sure the holiday weekend also contributed to the large number of people. Key West fills up on a 3 day holiday weekend.

Don’s new golf league has reached into Michael’s. Emmett the bartender is playing. I will be playing against him. A good guy. It will be fun. He’ll whip my ass however! I have played with him before.

Enjoy your day!

Busy day yesterday.

I started with a doctor visit. My specialist.

I am doing well! I should be! I would have been grossly disappointed if the report had been otherwise.

I stopped drinking and smoking on October 29. I have dieted off 23 pounds.

All good living. It works!

I have another doctor visit this morning. My internest. She should be delighted with my progress also.

I woke early. Was watching an old Dick Cavett talk show. From 1973. Audry Hepburn was guesting. Cavett asked her if she ever drank. She said no. She said being healthy made her high.

She had a point!

A great radio show yesterday. KONK 1680 AM is providing a great service to the community and I am pleased to be a small part of it.

The two items that seem to have generated the most interest were the porcupine tale and the Proposition 8 trial which started this week in San Francisco.

I did a bit on the radio show about weird Florida laws. One was that sex with a porcupine is prohibited. I received interesting feed back on that one. Even on Facebook.

California is presently the seat of the most explosive gay rights case in America. The issue to be decided is whether gays have a constitutionally protected right to marry. Initially the California Supreme Court said gays had the right to marry. Then the people voted on Proposition 8 which said marrige was only between a man and woman. Proposition 8 passed. Now the big test has moved to Federal court.

Time will tell whether the court case will prove successful for the gay movement. The case will ultimately reach the United States Supreme Court. The problem is that all legal treatises and writings suggest that no sitting Supreme Court Justice presently favors gay marriage.

I had dinner at the bar at Outback again last night. The reason was two fold. Outback has a 6 ounce sirloin meal that fits right into my diet. And I intended to go to the movies after dinner. The theatre was nearby.

I saw It’s Complicated with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. A funny and touching film. I recommend it.

Meryl Streep has ceased amazing me. She can play any role! She is the ultimate actress!

Haiti is the talk of Key West, as it is of all communities across the country. Sad.

Key West already has several personal contacts with the crisis.

Many Haitians live and work in Key West. Most have relatives still living in Haiti. One is Father Lesly Jean of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church by the Sea. Father Jean was in Haiti last week visiting his 93 year old father. He left Monday to return to Key West. The earthquake was Tuesday. He heard of the earthquake while driving down U.S. 1 from Miami to Key West.

Father Jean has been unable to make contact with his father or family as yet.

The U.S. Coast Guard has a base here in Key West. One of first first vessels to reach Haiti with assistance was the cutter Mohawk. The Mohawk is stationed here in Key West and was immediately dispatched to Haiti to help.

The Mohawk has an additional person touch. I am originally from Utica, New York. Utica is situated in the Mohawk Valley. The home of many signiificant revolutionary battles. It also was home to the Algonquin Indians who were part of the Iroquois Nation. The Mohawk was named after my Mohawk Valley and its Indian heritage.

This is a significant day weather wise. The weather is supposed to change after 3 weeks of bitter cold. It is pressntly 61 degrees. However the high is projected at 73. May it so be!

Enjoy your day!

Today is the day!

The Key West Lou Legal Hour.

Radio station KONK 1680 AM. At 1 pm. On the internet for world wide watching and viewing at www.konkam.com. Call ins can be made to 305-294-2769. Pick up the phone and share a thought with me.

Golf yesterday morning.

It was 60 degrees when we started. It stayed that way for the whole round. Never got any warmer. There was a strong wind from the northwest that affected ball flight and our bodies. The wind cut to the bone.

But play we did! The game was more important.

I was in a foursome with Don, Yankee Jack and Larry.

Whether it was the weather or what, I had a good day. I was the big winner! All of $5.

We have a custom. The big dollar winner buys drinks afterwards. The drinks cost $7. Ergo I was $2 in the hole after winning. I did not care! I rarely win! So I was happy to buy.

The cold was a chill that permeated my body. Afterwards I spent the balance of the afternoon in bed trying to warm up.

I stopped at the Yacht club on the way into town last night. My first stop of the evening was my last stop. I never left.

Dan the Club Manager told me he had just received a fresh loin of shark fish. Looked good, he said. So I stayed. Glad I did. The shark was absolutely delicious!

This Haiti situation is terrible. The world seems to be rapidly responding. Things are arriving and sitting on the ground at the airport. Hope they get the system set up to start moving the aid into the island.

Haiti cannot become another New Orleans. Obama and the United States is responding well. So is the rest of the world. We are all our brothers’ keepers.

Key West weather will continue on the cold side today. Presently 56 degrees. The high is projected at 67. The weather is scheduled to break tomorrow. High anticipated at 72. The weather will then continue for several days in the low 70s.

About time!

Lisa’s internet department store is having a post Christmas sale. Books about Key West continue to be a big seller. As well as key lime bunt cake and Key West Lou tee shirts. The CDs and jewelry are also starting to sell. The prices are good. Take a peek at Via Key West. www.viakeywest.com.

I have another doctor visit this morning. To get the results of the test I took Monday. I wish these things could all be done in one visit.

Enjoy your day! Listen to me babble on the Key West Lou Legal Hour at 1 pm!

The weather report is that the cold wave will move out Friday when the high will be 71 degrees. I can’t wait!

It is 52 this morning. The high today will be 61.

Today is Wednesday. Golf day. Will I play? Yes. I am a die hard. The question really is who else will play. We shall see.

I spent the day in yesterday. Did not go out till last night.

The morning was spent doing necessary paper work. The afternoon getting ready for Thursday’s radio show.

A great radio show in the making! I am going to comment on the Florida man recently released from jail after 37 years based on DNA evidence, the first legal marijuana dispensary which opened in California, the Prop 8 gay marriage Federal Court trial, the Harris School restoration, weird Florida laws such as it is illegal to have sex with a porcupine, the growing cry for appointed judges, Lincoln the lawyer and Murphy’s law.

Good stuff! Interesting!

Listen in to the Key West Lou Legal Hour. Thursday at 1 pm. KONK 1680 AM. You can also see and hear on the internet at www.konkam.com.

It is a talk show in the making. So join me with a call in. The telephone number is 305-294-2769.

Last night began with a visit to Lisa’s. Corey telephoned and said Ally needed a golf ball for a school project. Golf balls I have!

Then I headed for the Yacht Club. Bobby Nesbitt is singing at the Club on Tuesday evenings.

Glad I went!

The place was packed! Nesbitt is a magnet. The only time there were more people was at the Christmas party for the kids.

I had a good time. Chatted with friends. Had a light snack at the bar. Looks like the Yacht Club and Bobby may become my regular Tuesday night stop.

Again, this morning golf. I will dress warm. Very warm. Hope some others show up to play. I feel like I have been staying in too much lately by day. I need the sun shinning on me, no matter how cold it might be. That assumes, of course, that the sun is out. We have had many a gray day recently.

Have fun today!

It is a heat wave! 52 degrees this morning! Up from 43 at this same time yesterday.

How lucky we are!

This endless cold spell is going to break Thursday or Friday. Then we will be back to the low 70s.

It was only 3 weeks ago when Key West locals were talking about how warm it was. Temperatures were in the low 80s. It was even humid! Some were comparing it to summer weather.

It has been a strange cycle weatherwise.

All kinds of statistics are coming out. Some run into each other. The latest was on the Weather Channel last night. We were told that the last time Key West had 40s temperatures was in 1978 when it was 48 degrees. Yesterday the temp dropped to 42.

What has to be understood is that Key West locals do not expect weather this cold and for this long. Homes are constructed with air conditioning. Not heat! So the cold has a greater impact. Locals stay in bed all day under multiple covers on a cold day! Hard to do however when it is this cold for such a prolonged period of time. Life goes on.

I had to visit two doctors yesterday. First, a specialist. Then my internest. Both offices were cold. Freezing cold. No heat. Their offices were not constructed to provide heat or for a prolonged cold spell.

I had to strip to the waist in the specialist’s office for a while. Cold!!! The doctor was dressed warm. Sweater and all. I mentioned the cold. He said it was not bothering him. No wonder! He was not half naked!

I needed a pedicure. Mentally and physically. Hoped it would be warm at the salon.

It was. Even without heat, there were enough people to provide body heat.

Joan Cornell was there getting her nails attended to. A very nice person. Married to Woody. Have not seen either of them in quite a while.

Joan is a World War II war bride. From England. Met Woody while he was stationed there.

As I was finishing up, Joan asked if I had my toe nails painted red. No, I said. And added that Woody would have. She agreed.

Woody is a man’s man. No question about it. A rugged tough guy. Talented in every respect. A gentleman. A successful restauranteur, hotel and guest house proprietor. Both are now retired here in Key West. Their home is spectacular. The rear portion is completely open to a pool and gardens.

Woody is his own person. He dresses a bit way out. Holland type wood shoes. Earrings. Generally a 1 1/2 to 2 inch sword hanging from one ear. Strange colored vests.

At the time of 9/11, Woody and Joan had a summer place in France. Woody decided to take a quick plane trip to England to visit his brother. The time was just after 9/11.

Cutoms did a complete strip and body search when Woody arrived in England. We discussed it afterwards. We agreed. The way he looked drove the situation.

Stopped to see Lisa and the grandkids on the way to dinner last night. Corey was in Key Largo and was not expected home till midnight.

I found Lisa and the grandkifds in bed. In Lisa’s bed. All three tucked under the covers and watching TV. The cold had finally invaded Lisa’s home. Lisa could not understand how I could go out last night.

I was dressed for it. Jeans, sweater and leather jacket. Even gloves! That cold!

Dinner was at the bar at La Trattoria. A lot of people, but less than last week.

Beecha was dressed for the weather. A black pants suit. Some sort of scarf around the neck. Black shoes. Bare feet, however. She complained her feet were cold.

I received my usual hug and kiss. Always wonderful!

Kathy had time to occasionally chat with me. She is good company as well as a good person.

Then it was home to watch the Villanova/Louisville basketball game on TV.

Villanova won. I was pulling for Louisville. A Villanova loss would have moved Syracuse up in the standings. Louisville had a 17 point lead in the first half. And blew it! Both teams were good. Villanova a bit better.

I know Louisville Coach Patino. Many years ago he was an assistant to Boeheim at Syracuse. I got to know him a bit when he was with the Celtics and later at Kentucky and Louisville.

August in Saratoga is horse time! Big time! Patino is into horses. Owns and trains them. Runs them. I used to visit Saratoga on occasion. Less than a 2 hour drive from Utica.

My son John knew Patino well. From Patino’s Boston Celtic days. It was through John I got to know Patino.

Patino also sponsored a charity golf tournament every August in Saratoga. A huge fund raising event. My recollection is that the fee to play was $5,000 per person. John and I each played. Needless to say, everything was first class.

I used to smile each time I played in the tournament. Here I was, the world’s worst player playing with some of the best athletes and top business people in the world!

And the course! It was one of those new difficult courses. I forget the technical name for it. You had to be precise with each shot. Or you ended up in 2-3 foot rough. The first time I played in the tournament and on the course, I lost 36 balls. For real! I remember the situation well. They had to bring a box of balls out to me on the course so I could complete play.

Enjoy your day!

Good morning!

6 am.

43 degrees!

I never remember it this cold in Key West! Even heard it mentioned just this moment on Morning Joe. They claimed 43 was the second coldest temperature in Key West in over 100 years.

I heard on TV yesterday that the last time it was this cold in the keys was 1898.

The high today will be 56.

Friday the temperature will return to the low 70s. For those of us who survive!

My Key West home sits on open water. The bedroom faces the northwest. The chilling wind is coming down on us from the northwest. At about 35 miles per hour.

I was out from late morning to early afternoon yesterday. My home is heated on the second floor where the bedrooms are located. When I returned, my bedroom was cold. The heat was running, but I could feel the wind and chill. I hopped in bed and got under the covers. No help.

The windows have wood shutters on the inside covering them. The shutters were closed.

The windows on my home are over 35 years old. I figured the wind was hitting just right and escaping into the house through a crack in a seal on one of them. So I decided to get a couple of towels and block the area where the upper and lower panes meet.

Good that I did! The lower pane on one of the windows had blown out and was lying against the closed shutter. The 35 mile per hour wind had blown the window out!

I was able to fix it. Handy me.

I spent the late morning yesterday at Lisa’s. Her home is in town. Situated between other houses. Reconstructed since Hurricane Wilma with insulation and new windows. No need for heat. Warm on its own.

I read the Sunday papers and played with Robert and Ally. I love them. They love me. It is shouts of hello Poppa! and we love you Poppa!

Then to Don’s Place for a golf league meeting and pro football. Don is starting a golf league. I wish I had a video to record the meeting. The pictures and comments had the makings for a TV show.

The big issue was how to handle bunker shots. The sand traps are not the best here. Play them as they lie or rake and drop? The rake and drop would apply to all shots, including an imbedded fried egg lie. The issue commanded most of the meeting. I still am not sure of the final decision.

I did not stay for football. Too cold. Went home to my warm bedroom and bed. Where I discovered the window disaster.

Last night it was Outbacks for dinner. I am still on my diet. Outbacks has a 6 ounce sirloin. Just the right size. I enjoyed my meal and watched the end of the Green Bay/Arizona game on TV.

I was back home in bed before 8. Snuggled under the blankets watching TV till I fell asleep.

I have a doctor’s visit today at 9:30. After which I have no idea how I shall spend the day.

Enjoy your day!

What a lovely Sunday morning!

It is 48 degrees! The wind is blowing at 30 miles per hour! And there is a wind chill warning till 10 am!

Son in law Corey has lived in Key West more than 25 years. He says he can remember only one other time when the temperature was in the 40s. And he cannot remember it being this cold for such a long period of time.

Such is life!

I finished Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue. I am prepared to render my opinion as to her.

She’s nuts! A looney!

Please note that I reserved opinion till I finished the book.

During the campaign, I could not believe she was not that bright. I felt sorry for her. Also I believe the media was in her case and is generally unfairly hard on female political candidates.

Her book gave me the opportunity hopefully to know her better. It’s her book. She purportedly wrote it. Though that turned out to not be true. Whatever, it is her story as presented by her.

In reality, it is what she wants us to believe her to be. Not what she is.

As I was reading the book, I commented that Palin was every woman. The All American woman. The type that every woman either is or aspires to be.

Initially the further I got into her book, the more impressed I was becoming. She could handle anything and everything. Disasters were nothing to her. She would just take her kids in tow and move forward.

Most women are like that. They are tough. They are resourceful. They get knocked down and get up and move on.

With one difference. Other women admit to their failings. What caused them to fall. Palin does not. It always seems to be some one else’s fault.

To understand clearly what I am describing, read Mika Brzezinski’s All Things At Once which just came out. Mika is a success in the media world. But wow! did she screw up in reaching the high rungs on the ladder of success. And she admits to it.

Is Sarah Palin truly popular? She draws crowds where ever she speaks. She is allegedly receiving $75,000 per speech. Her book was #1 on the best seller list before it even hit the stores.

Or is it she is an odd ball that the public finds entertaining?

I had not finished her book prior to my recent trip to upstate New York. So I purchased the book. Figured I would finish it while flying.

Glad I did!

Normally I do not let people observe the cover of a book I am reading. It is a personal thing. However the situation changed on my first plane out of Key West. I was fortunate to fly big planes the whole trip.

I was sitting on the aisle. I dropped the book on my seat while I placed my brief case in the over head bin. The woman sitting next to me asked what I thought of Palin. I said I had not made up my mind yet. She said she’s nuts. The gentleman sitting next to her by the window said she’s stupid.

I exhibited the book cover intentionally on the rest of my flights and in the airports. The results were always the same. People asked or commented. About 30 in all. Mostly women.

Not one liked Palin nor had a good thing to say about her. I was shocked!

Most certainly no one wanted her as their President. Not qualified in the least was the general comment on that point.

I figure airplanes and airports provide a good cross section of the American public. Based on my experience, Sarah Palin should not go any where politically. However she will make a ton of money in the mean time. Such is the American way.

Right now she is catering big time to the religious right and the ultra conservative branch of the Republican Party. No sweat. That alone might get her a nomination but not win an election.

What does bother me is that the tea party group also like her. This is a growing unhappy vocal segment of the American population. If this group continues to grow and organizes, then Palin has the chance to become a danger. She is dangerous. Incompetence and ineptness is always dangerous, especially if it has the opportunity to lead a nation.

When Palin became Mayor of Wassila, the roads were unpaved. Muddy. She paved the roads. That and running for Vice President may be her high points in life! Let us hope they are.

Enjoy your Sunday!

The weather is the issue of the day! Every day lately!

This is Key West. Island of sun. Balmy weather location.

Not today. Not yesterday. And not tomorrow.

The high today will be 57. Tonight it will drop to 47. Wow! And so on till Friday.

I do not remember it ever being so cold so long.

Screwy weather, though. Yesterday it hit 74 degrees! You explain it!

Humans are not the only ones suffering from the cold. So too are some of our fish/animal friends.

Manitees have been dying big time in recent days in the entire State of Florida. Over 300. The primary cause is boat motors in marinas. However a significant number are dying from the unusually cold water.

Also with turtles. Over 60 recently rose to the surface and could not function. The cold water screwed them up internally. Those that could were captured and wrapped in blankets. Then taken to the Turtle Hospital.

Iguanas are dying also. They are a cold blooded animal that require the heat of the sun.

I feel bad for the manitees and turtles. The iguanas are another story. They eat flowers and shrubs and deficate all over one’s property.

I had an unusual experience while flying Syracuse to Key West Thursday. 3 planes. The situation was the same on each.

Announcements were made while boarding and by the attendants once on the plane to place only one bag in the bins and anything else under the seat in front of you. That included your coat or jacket. It was clearly spelled out that the overhead bins were only for luggage.

I am a hard head. I put my brief case and leather jacket in the overhead bin. I need the room under the seat in front of me for my long legs. And I do not want my jacket lying on a dirty floor. Simple!

No one chastised me or made me comply.

I suspect the reason for this new rule is the fact that airlines now charge for luggage checked. I was flying US Airlines. $25 for the first bag. Most people are probably carrying their luggage on to save the $25.

It is a self created airline problem. Stop the greed. Don’t charge for the checked bag. And everything will return to normal.

My first stop yesterday during the day was Don’s Place. I was looking for Don. No Don.

Then to the Coffee House. Read the local and New York papers. Quiet and comforting. There are fewer people in town.

I had a bit of grocery shopping to do. Not much. 3 items. I am still on my diet.

Speaking of the diet, I cheated during the 4 days up north. It was too difficult to diet. I lucked out, however. Did not gain one pound! I am back on the diet. Started again yesterday. Still at 20 pounds. Ten more to go.

The Chart Room was my first stop last night. Busy. Chatted with Valerie. Valerie is the bar maid at Hot Tin Roof. It was her night off. She is wife to Clayton also. We talked about their new tee shirt business Dirty Dog Tees which is up and running. http://www.dirtydogtees.com/.

I went over to La Trattoria for dinner. Beecha greeted me. How thin you are, she said! Made my evening!

Erin bartending. I ate 4 scallops and half of a tomato. Stuck with the diet!

Key West Lou radio show next thursday on KONK 1680 AM at 1 pm. Listen in. You can watch and hear at the same time on the internet anywhere world wide at http://www.konkam.com/.

Some one asked if the shows are archived. Not yet, though management has it in the works.

It is gray out. No sun yet. Maybe no sun all day. The wind is blowing big time from the north. Bending the palm trees. Causing white caps in the water. It’s a long john day!

Keep warm where ever you are and enjoy your day!

I have returned! I am back in Key West!

Arrived at 6:30 last night. 57 degrees as I got off the plane. Warm! Better than the 13 degrees when I arrived in Syracuse a few days ago.

Every one up north told me how lucky I was to be there during a heat wave. Temperatures in the 20s. I thought they were crazy! It was really cold! Freezing!

Wednesday I had to be in New York Supreme Court in Syracuse.

I dressed appropriately. Blue suit, light blue shirt, striped tie, long black socks and tie lace black shoes. Had to look like a lawyer. Only the second time in 2 years I have been so dressed. A far cry from shorts, a tee shirt and crocks.

I also needed a coat. Wore a black cashmere one. Gloves. And shoe rubbers. It was cold and sloppy outside.

I had to walk 4 blocks from the parking lot to the Courthouse. Wind! Biting! Tore into my face!

Sloppy wet snow every where. It was fortunate I was wearing rubbers.

I flew back to Key West yesterday. Paradise! No question about it. I missed being here.

The trip took all day. I left Utica for the 50 mile drive to the Syracuse Airport at 7 when it was still dark outside. Flew to La Guardia at 9. Had a 3 hour layover. Then to Charlotte where I had a 1 hour layover. Arrived in Key West at 6:30, just as the sun was setting.

Again the airports were crowded. People every where. And happy! Mostly casual travelers. There was no recession apparent in the airports.

Lisa and family picked me up. Good to see them all. Especially Robert and Ally. The cry of Poppa still resounds in my ears.

My Key West home was cold. I turned the heat on.

Last night was our bocci party at Don’s Place. I changed clothes and hurried over.

A good party, as usual! Every one there.

The food was especially good! Terrific best describes it.

Russ is the chef at the Strip House. It is the place for steak in Key West! Russ also plays bocci with us and hangs out on occasion at Don’s Place as I do.

Russ cooked last night. Tenderloin strips which he sliced. Mashed potatoes and creamed spinach.
The best!

Thank you, Russ.

Then it was home to bed to watch the Alabama/Texas championship game. A tragedy! No athlete should be injured. Especially the quarterback in a national game. It happened early on. The game was no test as to who was the best college football team in the nation. I am sure both teams are unhappy about the out come.

There was no blog yesterday morning because I had computer problems. Sorry.

My radio show the Key West Lou Legal Hour was yesterday. Obviously I could not do it as I was traveling. Konk AM 1680 radio ran a recording of one of my former shows. Next week I will be back. Listen on Konk 1680 AM radio. See and hear on the internet at http://www.konkam.com/.

Enjoy your day!

I am still in Utica.

I had lunch yesterday with my father. He is 95 years old. Still in pretty good shape.

My mother passed on many years ago. My father has a friend. She is 30 years younger than him. They have lived together for several years. Her name is Frances.

Frances is a good woman. She cares for my father and cares for him. The relationship is good.

We lunched at my father’s home. Frances cooked. A rich chicken soup and a pepper and egg sandwich. On Italian bread, of course. So good!

My father and Frances both told me Utica was experiencing a hot wave yesterday. The temperature hit 20!

Last night I met my friend Gus for drinks. He had 3 voldka somethings and I 3 diet pepsis.

It was good to see him. Gus is an attorney also. When I was still pacticing law, he and I would meet every day aftrer work for a few pops.

Gus took me home for dinner. His wife Mary was cooking. A cook! A good lady!

I ate big again. A similar soup. Great salad. Delicious beans. And heavenly pork chops. Topped off with coffee and Xmas cookies.

My diet obviously went to hell yesterday. I did not even try.

I am cold. Cold all the time. I cannot wait to return to Key West and its warm 60 degree weather.

Enjoy your day!