Four days before the Iowa Caucuses here are the men and woman who want to be our next President:

Mike Huckabee

Hillary Clinton

Mitt Romney

Barack Obama

Rudolph Giuliani

Fred Thompson

John Edwards

John McCain

Dennis Kucinich

Chris Dodd

Joe Biden

Ron Paul

Bill Richardson

I may have forgotten one or two. It would be easy to forget a few. There are so many ... so many who are undeserving. Only one gets my willing vote ... if he/she is still around next November.

Christmas was Lovely ...

... and peaceful and joyous and robust and tiring and relaxing and intense and noisy and all things that coincide with matters of the heart and soul. The usual letdown of December 26th didn't arrive and though my spirit has settled down, my heartstrings are still wrapped around my children and their devotion to all things merry and bright.