Red and I have been going to the Mansion for some time now, we have made some wonderful friends. Whenever we come inside, Red seeks out Connie, one of his special friends there. Sometimes he makes his way down the long hallways and into her room – the door is almost always open. Tonight, at the party, he looked around until he found her, sitting in her chair, listening to the music and caroling.

She just lights up when she sees him, talking to him, patting him. I think these two have changed one another, and changed me also, just for watching. Connie has the bags of yarn you sent her sitting by her chair in her room, and she has lots of plans to make scarves and mittens for the staff and residents this winter.

If you wish to write to Connie or the other residents of the Mansion (your gifts just stun and amaze the staff, they say they have never seen anything like it), you can wrote her and other residents c/o The Mansion, 11 S. Union Street, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.

Thanks much, and happy holidays to all of you.