Well, brother J and his wife L and little T have left to go home to northern California. My folks are driving them to city V (this is annoying, isn’t it?) to pick up their rental car. There was no more room in the car for me to tag along, and I have plans later this morning anyway, so here I am. [Sigh] And it’s always sad when people leave. Thank God for the dogs to keep me company.

I took some pictures while they were here. Maybe I’ll get some up in an album to share.

Why is it that we bloggers often identify our family members and friends with just initials? Are we afraid they’ll be hunted down by some blog surfing predators? I can see why bloggers like Riverbend do it; she’s in a war zone and has every good reason to fear authoritarian reprisal. But why am I doing it?