Rome

Beginning on of the new year. I am off to Rome in a month. lots to organize, a great deal of excitement and, well, pride to be marshaled, An equal amount of trepidation and concern to be held in bay. The pile of daily sequences weigh heavily when one images how on earth they will continue without one. Who will check the furnace light, oil tank level, shovel the snow, make the coffee, manage the office, kiss the wife? If I am not here to hold the forces of chaos off for just a few more hours how will it be accomplished?