I’m up and running again after a health snafu. Thanks to my friend Berit, I spent my post-operative recuperative time lost in George RR Martin’s Song of Fire and Ice books. Game of Thrones is worth reading, even if fantasy isn’t your thing. Whether you decide to be absorbed further into the madness after that is up to you.

I also caught up on Downton Abbey. I just love Maggie Smith!  This clip contains one of my favorite Maggie moments: