I have been blogging regularly since late December, and here it is less than three months later, and what has happened? I have been derailed by a bad cold and job drama, and distracted by global catastrophe. But there is a lesson here for us all.

What has happened in Japan makes a few wrecked boats and docks along the west coast (undoubtedly serious for the owners) pale in comparison. An upper respiratory infection, while it could lead to something worse, will surely not lead to being hunted down by the military forces of a dictator. So let’s be thankful for what is going right.

Our national weather outlook is pretty wild, but we have the resources to handle it. Our administration is not doing what we want, but is stepping up in a humanitarian way. Personally, I got eight hours of sleep last night after two the night before. I see a positive trend.