Homecoming and going

Well, Homecoming happened. Was lovely to see folks while they were here; I'm reminded how fortunate I am to know so many wonderful people, and why I love this time of year (Homecoming and then New Years). Also, I have the sniffles and coughs again, for which I blame the fact that children are disease vectors.

Those wonderful people (many of whom are you) keep having children, and yet none of them use my ultimate baby-naming algorithm. Madness, I say. Although not as mad as daylight savings time, about which I ranted in last week's column.

Oops, almost forgot the "going" part. Need to visit my family again at some point. I'll admit, my aversion to travel has not seemed to dissipate over time; much as I love having friends come visit me, I'm always ill at ease when I'm on the road. I tell myself it's not so bad if where I want to be is where I am most of the time anyway.