December 7: While I live and breath!

I do believe that is one Alphine J. you see there on the left side, a most intruiguing professor of mine who I lost track of but found tonight! He always told us our final exam questions the first day of class. My favorite remains, "Why, the city?" I still don't know exactly what he was going for there, but I can remember the question still. Our notes from that class were great too...they were so full of interesting "facts" and "historical drawings" that I would give them out as gifts to my friends after the class, or actually sometimes while I was still in the class. I will never forget those courses. So, what is going on here? Well, as our InterVarsity Christmas Caroling troupe of thirty people romped around the neighborhood, we were spontaneously invited inside a suit and tie affair for the 80th birthday of the young woman you see in the red dress. Very surreal. We sang 'Angels we have heard on high', 'Silent Night' (her favorite apparently), and of course we threw in a 'Happy Birthday' for free as well. This was MUCH better than our outing last year, during which we had someone close the door in our faces with gusto as we stumbled through "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" That was a real low point in our Christmas Caroling history. But as you can see here, we've peaked. The charming man in the rocking chair was really enjoying all of this. We ended with great food and games at the Hampton's house...the last of a long-standing tradition. Good party!