Nun returns.

A metaphor: On Friday I dragged my son around the University of Florida campus, showing him all the places I used to hang out. (He was a good sport about it, especially after we got to the duck pond by the student union.) I wanted to show him the building where my father's office & lab were, but it was locked for the holidays.

Going to a much-changed former home that you haven't been to in a long time is a potent reminder that all we really have is the here and now and, as motherofangels pointed out, the future.

This trip had the feeling of a last hurrah for me. My next trip there could be a lot less relaxing.

Moral from 2008: ( If you're in a hole, you need to climb out of it no matter how pretty it is. )

All five of my uploaded Florida pics here.

You know your doggy missed you when...

...she puts her paw on your leg.