Lost a car to a light runner so now we're driving a hybrid; around 40 miles per gallon so far. Fierce battle between our white blood cells and unidentified cold virus in last week; we appear to be prevailing. Set to sing for Orion's class before Thanksgiving; hope our voices are good by then; changed the strings on the guitar today. Ray, the movie, is good, at least as a way to say goodbye to Ray; they went too far on some things and not near far enough an a lot, but what can we expect from the movies anymore, though I was encouraged most of the way through.