Rain and Overcast Morning

7:50

Kinney's Run at 5:00 in the Afternoon

Up at 6:00, to the sound of raindrops on the roof, forty degrees outside, with the temperature staying in the thirties and forties the next couple of days.  No cold weather or snow on the agenda until Friday though it could be just rain, the day we take off for Virginia.

As usual, my day started with Yin Yoga, a good class, not as crowded as last time, and it went quickly, as I was able to keep my thoughts from intruding on what I was doing, breathing and holding a pose.  Interestingly, the most read article in the NYTimes yesterday (The Power of Concentration) was about yoga, meditation or mindfulness, how studies show it improves not only one's emotional health (you feel good after it) but it increases work efficiency, creativity, and brain activity, no matter what your age.  Interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/opinion/sunday/the-power-of-concentration.html?pagewanted=all

My Yin class continues to be all women, so it's often very noisy when I enter, with everyone chatting; it doesn't stop when I enter, by the way, so I don't feel like an intruder any more.  I stopped at Wegman's, the bank, and service station on the way home.  No coffee.  Saving money for Xmas!

Evie is starting to feel better though she has little energy, so we just relaxed in the afternoon, getting dinner ready, chili on pasta, and watching the final episode of Homeland.  Not quite up to our expectations but still exciting.  And it sets the story for next season, with Brodie on the run, the doubt as to his patriotism, still troubling for the viewer as well as Carrie. Terrorists have blown up the CIA headquarters, killing hundreds, the car used for the bomb just happened to be Brody's.  Was he involved or framed by Al Qaeda? We shall see.