Howdy ~ I hope everyone had a splendid Thanksgiving. I am enjoying the glorious days of “nothing to do” that follow The Great Feast but precede the Christmas mayhem.

I was just checking out the NYTimes Notable Books of 2009. Many of them peak my interest (mostly non-fiction), but the one worth mentioning immediately is Ever Yours: People and Their Letters by Thomas Mallon. Looks like letters continue to follow us well into the 21st-Century. Hip Hip Hooray!