The Day After…

…Christmas — is bittersweet. Not dismal…just a little empty.

I think it has to do with all the build-up beforehand.

The pace of our world does not suffer laggards for long. A day off or two…maybe 5 at the outside…then the expectations start crashing in again.

'Not that you have to subscribe to that paradigm… but it takes a bit of an effort to disengage from it sometimes.

I'm floating in the 7th of 11 days off…and I refuse to ramp-up just yet. If you wonder, then, why I'm here blogging, let me tell you that this is something I enjoy.

I have family here from out-of-state…a daughter who is recuperating from surgery, and I've got my head buried up to my neck in IPhone applications as I discover the new technology of it…. and there's more to do in my languishing yet. More sleep, more food, more drink.

I am so blessed it's almost unfathomable. In a blog or two, I'll be reviewing last year's list of goals for this year's voice acting. It could be ugly… or not. I haven't looked yet…I'm afraid to.

In the meantime, read below for James Alburger and Penny Abshire's latest newsletter.

This week between Christmas and New Year's is so…otherworldly. Not here, not there. Ethereal, lilting. Enjoy.

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