My new camera has not yet seen the sun, and I’ve had it for a week. This was one of the last photos taken by my old camera before it was smashed.  It is a cold, gray and snowy day, about 12 degrees here. Getting settled Enjoying a Louise Penny mystery, Inspector Gamauche. Maria is reading the new “Cleopatra” biography by Stacy Schiff. Soup for dinner.

Tuesday, December 14, 7 p.m., Curiousity Forum, sponsored by Battenkill Books, at Hubbard Hall, Main St., Cambridge, N.Y. A talk on creativity and changing, my novel “Rose In A Storm,” grieving for pets (my next book) and creativity and change.  Talk and signing.Hubbard Hall is a beautiful old opera house and I am honored to be speaking there. Next Sunday, 2 p.m., pre-Christmas signing, Northshire Books, Manchester Center, Vt.