One day will live in infamy in our house. Two cars, full of people, swept into the yard. With no notice. We were caught rotten

Christmas is a time for visitors. And I’m ok with that. Now.

One day will live in infamy in our house. Two cars, full of people, swept into the yard. With no notice. We were caught rotten

But it’s taken a while for me to be a person who just deals with visitors. I think I’m still a bit scarred from an incident 30 years ago known as The Time All The Visitors Came And We Had No Notice.

We didn’t have a visit-able house. It was a bookish farmhouse. That mean wellingtons on top of books. A certain je ne sais quoi hung in the air, but if I had to take a guess it was probably silage. Consequently, visitors caused a bit of stress.

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