What do you say on a day like this?

My CompuServe homepage headline today says the death toll in the Indian Ocean from the earthquake and the tsunami's that followed it is now standing at 44,000. That is sure to rise.

Outside my windows the winter sun glints off sparkling and still largely unmarked snowfall. Our household is warm and well. The holiday gifts are all opened and mostly settled in and I still look forward to a number of days of rest before school resumes on January 3.

Surely there are a number of things in the world where I live that I would wish were otherwise, but for today, I am feeling lucky indeed.

swan