The 3rd Sunday in Advent. . .

Yesterday, Saturday, was a bustling day here in the Grand Duchy. In and around picking up the Christmas trees after breakfast and decorating them that evening, there is also a virtual stack of final student projects and independent capstone reflections to wade through.

Still quite a way to go with all of that before I can tally and submit final course grades along with the usual panicked emails AFTER the fact. Typically, these attemot to jockey for a grade change and offer 1001 reasons to explain why students oughtn't, didn't, couldn't, wouldn't, or shouldn't have to. Sigh. I really wonder what message so many parents have sent to their children during the last 30+ years or so.

But onto more pleasant things.

Since the Grand Duchess leaves midday today for a few days with aging parents and sister in the Seattle area, we lit our third Advent candle during dinner yesterday evening. The Young Master was again otherwise engaged (he's 16 now), but the two of us enjoyed a tasty vegetable stir-fry followed by coffee and a few sweet treats.

Swedish glögg in front of the fireside followed much later in the evening once the Christmas trees were finished. Of course with soft Christmas jazz in the background. A lovely way to round out a day that was a bit too busy when all was said and done.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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