my mom's house is a neighbor who flys the Stars and Bars of the Confederate States of America (not the more famous starred blue saltire cross which is called the Confederate battle flag). Look it up if you are interested in some history you won't read about in school. Let me take a moment and say two things. First, I would like to think that anyone reading this can make the basic distinction between an acknowledgement of historic facts and any sort of endorsement of racist ideology but for those of you who cannot, let me simply say that I cannot help you. Second, for those of you reading this who live in Florida, we apologize as we could not shave out the time to see you but we do still love you very much.
We did swing through Gainesville today to see the semi-famous bat house. Currently home to approximately more than 100,000 small bats that leave their abode at dusk to seek out meals of the insect variety. They trickle out at first but eventually start to swarm out.
More appetizing than insects, I cooked up some swamp cabbage. It is made from the tender parts of the heart of the palm. Add some bacon (which makes everything better) and cook it like cabbage. I even made the kids try this integral part of the heritage. They made noises as they sometimes do but so far no one has died.
My mom always has a beautiful tree. If you look closely you can see the angel Moroni as the tree topper.
Not much else to say except, Merry Christmas everyone.
