Autumn is in the Wings

That's right - the past two mornings have been light jacket days. Fall is my favorite season - always has been. It seems that summer is careening to an end - there are dry, fallen leaves in my backyard - enough to rake a bit and sweep quite a few from the deck before my patio dinner last night.

It has been a lovely weekend. I had a great acupuncture session; entertained a friend for dinner on Saturday night; and went to the Mall of America after church today. It is rare that I go to the Mall of America but I needed something that is only carried at Nordstorms. So off to the Temple of Twin Cities Retail - I got a great outdoor parking space near the North Entrance and was in and out rather quickly.

My trip to San Antonio was exhausting. The gold in the experience was to spend time with my friend Missy. We walked the Riverwalk, ate in nice restaurants, curled up with room service and watched the Sex in the City movie and talked and talked. Just had a great girlfriend time. Missy and I met in Washington DC in 1980. Nothing like old friends.

Here in St. Paul we are preparing to have our city taken over by the RNC for the Republican Convention - the convention site is square in the middle of my short drive to the office - should be interesting. I will keep you posted.

Blogroll is Missing and Other Musings

Hmmmmmmmmmmm - my blogroll has been missing in action for the past two days. It has been a busy week so I just accessed everyone's blog from my feed. This morning, I tried to fix it and the blogrolling site seems to be down. Is anyone else having this problem?

In any case, it is snowing again in St. Paul and tomorrow morning the forecast is 12* below ZERO again. GACK! This the absolutely coldest winter we have had in sooooo long. Makes me long for sunnier climes. Yesterday, it was 70* in the California wine country.

I do like the change of seasons, I would not want to live in a sunny/warm year-round climate - but this is ridiculous.

Today, I am having lunch with a friend and going to the art supply store for some illustration board and just to browse around - what fun. I hope your Saturday is terrific.