The view from the mountains

Long winter breaks like the one I am still enjoying up here in the Blue Ridge Mountains are such a tease. Unless I go into education (which isn't going to happen even though it runs in the family), this month-long vacation will be the last one I see in a very very long time. Naturally, I am soaking up every last moment before I have to turn my brain back on on Jan. 7. I am savoring these last few days during which I don't feel guilty at all for being lazy. Being up here in an enormous mountain house in Hendersonville, NC with most of my family isn't a shabby way to spend it either. Hope everyone is enjoying this time off and looking forward to the new year as much as I am.