Will be in Tampa soon

I am enjoying my sabbatical immensely and getting a lot of research done. That means I am reading a lot of books. Sometimes I take notes. After I read a stack of books I will take my few notes and try to write something coherent about the eleventh century. Don't laugh - it keeps me busy and convinces me that the fifteen years I spent in graduate school weren't completely wasted.

Laura and I are coming down to Tampa on 16 March and should be there by the 17th, which is Laura's birthday. So you all have only a couple of weeks to brace yourself. Laura wants to be there for a week of so while her sister Diana is recovering from her radiation treatment.

We will, I assume, bring Leo the Lummox as usual, and of course will try to bring him to Mother's so she can spoil him and Meghan can go wild.

No one has been posting for awhile - let everyone know what is going on.