The holidays are in our midst. Hanukkah ended last night, and we’re just a week short of Christmas at this point. The lights of the Downtown Holiday Market will illuminate Penn Quarter through the week, and Hogo popped up this weekend, which provides just a perfect level of cognitive dissonance with our unseasonably warm weather.

This was a weekend for Christmas Pageants, for Holiday Concerts, and meant for merriment. I can’t but think we’re all a little slower for this weekend’s serious side as well. I found my own joy tempered by loss, and my own emotions running higher than normal.

Have a good week, DC. We’ve got a lot up our sleeves to try to work on all this.