Steve-O and his trusty puppy Rasmus took off for points south earlier this morning. I have a little time here before James shows up with a supply of bulk herbs for today sausage making session. Just a half hour maybe to be with you.

I am trying to encourage Steve-O to do some writing for our benefit when he gets a chance. He has had some major time consuming projects lately which he is just surfacing from. Now he needs to find some space to regroup and reflect on what he saw and give us some good words.

So we had a few hours together to catch up on the major details of the past six months. It would be nice if I could have that kind of a meeting with all of our Bureau Chiefs. And we will work on having more face to face meetings somehow, some way in the future.

Oh, I see Annie has a new offering for Christmas Advent. I signed up as soon as I saw it. She will have daily posts for us on the forty days leading to Christmas built on her forty essays from her book Everyday Camino with Annie. What a opportunity to cover this great material for the first time or as a review. I believe this is available both on FaceBook and in email. So get a hold of Annie O’Neil and make this happen for yourself.

Christmas, wow really already? It is always a surprise to me somehow. Why is that? Hello Felipé wake up.

Well, let’s think about Thanksgiving first and give it it’s due before we get any further. It is such a great holiday and another opportunity to express our gratitude. Alperfect in this one!

OK, I need to get moving and set up for today’s sausage making fest. Maybe we can wrap this project up today. We are doing Italian sausage this time, twenty six pounds worth.

Here we go loves, Felipé.