Joe tells me that we’re not in the news any more.  normally i’d be happy to hear that, but we seem to be getting deeper into danger as the US moves ahead with the second part of the Gaza plan and Hamas is getting more powerful.  Even though one Hamas leader was killed today, they are still controlling the food, killing our soldiers and their people, and threatening us.  

But it is nice to get a sense of normality after so long.  We’re still getting back to meeting old friends, fixing messes I’d  forgotten in the hysteria of keeping everyone safe.  Today we had a wonderful reunion with some great people and talked about plays and movies and art.  how very strange, to have a normal conversation.