- saw my nephew and two great-nieces dance in The Nutcracker
- ate red beans and rice
- drank two sips of a dreadful pumpkin ale
- discussed the qualities of light with my niece (we agree that nothing substitutes for incandescent lighting)
- explained why her mother and I were not being rude to a five-year-old great-niece when we commented on the owners' seeming lack of interest in the house where I grew up
- ate Christmas cookies
- delivered a birthday present and one Christmas present
- took photos of the Alabama-North Carolina cousin set
- saw a brother I had not seen in a couple of years
- met a new member of my extended family
- hugged little children till they couldn't be hugged any longer
- walked along the shoreline of a bird sanctuary
- filled up the car twice
- drove 337 miles round-trip (in two different ways)
- did no work
- and accessed no computer.
I lived without distraction and with joy.
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