Merry Christmas 2008

Photo: MikeBaird
Happy Christmas to all the readers and subscribers to this blog. I hope you have a restful holiday, whether you are travelling, spending time with family or friends, or staying home.
For anyone interested in a Christmas-time story for the kids, I suggest David Haywood‘s short story, The Secret Talent of Albert Otter:
There was no doubting that Albert Otter was different.
“Our other children don’t particularly care for fish,” said Albert Otter’s mother, “but Albert Otter will eat nothing else. And our other children walk on two legs, but Albert prefers to walk on four. And none of our other children have fur, or a tail like Albert does — or such sharp teeth.”…