Rain, steady on the roof. It's a comforting sound, but a little melancholy. And I know it will last all day. Fortunately, it's not as cold as it was yesterday and the day before. Otherwise, we would have snow. Although it can be fun, I do not wish for snow today. Yesterday, it was 30 when I came back from my walk. It was about 26 when I left.

It was a busy day. I worked for a couple hours. I helped 3 clients. One did not qualify for the line of credit, but did not seem surprised. It was probably her credit rating. She did make an appointment to have her taxes done with me in January. The second qualified, but for less than she got last year. She was a little disappointed, but also made an appointment. And the third was pre-approved and got the money he wanted. He will come in to have his taxes done too. I did not have to do any "selling." These were all people who came to the office to get the loan and knew what they were doing. I told them all what the costs were. I felt pretty good about it.

I went to the chiropractor. I hurried home for the small group meeting at my house. I didn't have time to finish my lunch before they started arriving...early. There were 9 of us, a good number. I  had to use the folding chairs. We had a good discussion about gratitude. There was a range of people, from 26 to 92, two of them men. They ate cookies and rice pudding and pear custard squares.

After they left, I had a big salad, with hard-boiled egg and bacon and buttermilk and Purple Haze goat cheese. It was pretty darn good. I watched TV. Then I headed to the community center to spend a couple hours knitting. There were 10 women, if I remember right. I was astonished there was that much interest. At least four of them were just talking. They don't even knit. I brought the pear squares and helped Tanya with a project she was working on. I lent Gere a set of needles and she knit up a square, even though she hadn't knit since high school! It was fun and I didn't come home until 10. Walking in the dark woods was beautiful and I slept well.