Merry Christmas (and any other holidays you celebrate)!!

On Wednesday morning, as Mrs. Nyline and I prepared for departure for Christmas in State College, I wished one of the residents in our building a safe and happy holiday season.  He said "I celebrate them all -- Christmas, Arbor Day, VA Day -- if it's a holiday, I'm there."  I don't know this guy well (though he holds a nostalgic place in my heart, because long ago and far, far away, he owned a rock and roll club where I saw my first live show: John Sebastian opening for Neal Young and Crazy Horse -- but that's another story). I loved his celebratory fervor, and hope it somehow, through the telling, touches us all.  Happy Holidays to you all.  Your voices have, literally, made the conversation.