Several friends are dealing with aging parents and life-threatening illnesses at the moment. Am holding them and their parents in my thoughts. If you can spare any positive energy, send some that direction. Will you? Hopefully, everything will sort itself out for the best. Can't help thinking of how my own parents are getting up there in age. We all deal with this, eventually. That's life. Still, I feel for my friends. It's extremely tough when it's your parents.

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest...

Sometimes I need a gentle reminder. Entertainment can be a powerful tool for learning. That's why as a creative person it's important to check the messages in whatever it is one produces. For those of you who don't understand the effect entertainment can have, here's Gaming for Understanding. (I do love TED.)