This was a sad Christmas gift:

Oscar Peterson dies .

Last year James Brown was announced dead at Xmas, now Oscar.

My University concert hall was named for him years ago. I’m glad he was alive for that honor. Still, this really sucks.

Sad update

I haven’t been around in awhile, partially due to NaNoWriMo, but also for very sad reasons:

Boots,  the cat I’ve spoken about here, died on November 22nd. I’ve been pretty much an emotional basketcase because of it. 18+ years for a cat is a long life, but for us humans it’s a blink.