Happy holidays to all of you

Ray and I are heading down South leaving early on Friday.  We should be in Sarasota by late Saturday if the traffic and weather are kind.  We are very excited to spend the next four months in Florida.  We hope to see some of you who are in the area at the local bridge club or maybe on the beach!

We were saddened to learn that a longtime local bridge player Gord Chapman died a few days ago.  I have known Gord for around forty years.  I realized that when somebody like Gord dies it affects the entire bridge community.    Bridge people are close and we are a relatively small group.

Our last few days in Toronto have been a social whirl.  I had lunch with my friend Victoria on Friday.  We had dinner with Colin, Luise and the kids Saturday, some of our best friends over on Sunday and then dinner today with David and Barb Silver.  It is kind of a long goodbye although Colin, Luise, Jessica and Marcus will meet us in Sarasota for the Christmas holidays.

Things have been very busy in the office of Master Point Press too but for us things slow down for a while tomorrow with a staff Christmas lunch.

Ray and I wish all of you a happy holiday and a great 2012. The best of bridge to all of you.  2012, when I started working after college my pension date was 2012.  I remember looking at it and laughing.  It seems so far in the future.  Not laughing now.