Grandma Johnson’s Christmas Cake recipe makes two cakes. One is eaten in December, the other one gets wrapped and frozen. The start of the kids’ band camp seemed like a good reason to bring it out.

Some significant pain in my knee, so these got tested today. They worked, thankfully.

A little behind on the yard work … this is a common scene across Georgia at this time of year, old homes being taken in.

Most drives towards town involve passing a chicken truck. Of late, it’s been logging trucks.

Someplace there’s a sketch for an animated character that looks a little like this shadow.

If you go downtown early enough, it almost feels abandoned.

The slow process of updating the decor in the Grady College continues, slipping new carpet underfoot and new paint up the walls. Those who have traversed this hall will note the now total absence of dead white people, a welcome change.