The above photo is actually from the fall, when all the maple trees were turning. Right now they’re almost bare. But it’s prettier to see fall foliage than naked trees. Since I live in the “evergreen” California coast, this is probably the first time I’ve lived anywhere that had a lot of tree color in fall. It’s kinda cool.

I’m always a “hibernator” in winter, but this year it appears that includes being away from blogging. I’m sure I’ll return to it on a frequent basis at some point - this kind of activity always goes in sporadic spurts for me - but at the moment I haven’t had anything on my mind that inspires me to come here and blabber about it in public.

I could blog about the current season of House, or about the current video game I’m playing, or about my opinions on the economic crisis that is currently plaguing America, or how sad I am that Gil Grissom on CSI:Vegas will be leaving (the actor who plays him is leaving the show) and how that means I’ll probably stop watching the series. American Idol will be coming up soon…will I blog about that again? I’m not sure. Such opinion writing exercises don’t interest me too much at the moment.

Oh and btw, Merry Christmas. I wonder how many people this year are re-discovering, due to economic woes, that Christmas is not about how expensive or desired a material gift is … it is really, in my opinion at least, an extension of Thanksgiving. A time to ponder and be grateful for what you have, instead of being cranky/greedy about what you don’t have.

So be grateful, not cranky…and try not to give in to that sale-mob mentality and avoid trampling any more Wal-Mart employees to death, k?