One for Matt

I just got an email from a friend in Iraq. Now that really brings the war home. He has been there for seven and a half months and writes that he hasn't seen his youngest son since he was six weeks old. He is in the thick of it and we will send him our thoughts everyday for his safe return.

Well Matt, here it is getting cold and yes, there was snow. We had four feet in Mount Washington and Wildcat opened for skiing in October. I have a photo and I will post that too. I missed getting the great photos, when all the Presidentals and the Moats were snow covered. I should have been running around with the camera then. Olof will be going over to Pinelands next week to talk about redoing that kiosk we built but he'll really miss seeing you.
We did some major clean up in the studio, in fact, it's so organized you'll be amazed. Except for my department, which I haven't done yet except for getting rid of a bunch of reel to reel tapes I recorded years ago.
We're using the wood stove as much as possible because heating fuel costs have doubled. I think everyone is doing this, luckily we have a huge pile of wood. Other than that, we have also built a new garden, looking forward to next year.
I hope you will be home soon.