making a list......

ok, so now that christmas is finally here......i will take the time to make my list.....of people i have yet to hear from......so as to find out why.....is everything ok?.....was there an accident/heartattack/stroke/lastminutetriptojamaica?.......top of the list is my friend jane....who lives in a cozy house with ramps and modified bathroom and kitchen to accomodate her runabout chair.......i did get an email from her earlier in december, but it was one of those forwarded messages that included the email addresses of folks at least 10 times removed from her list.....note to self......one could assume that these are intelligent folks...maybe the list might be worth something to a spammer....or maybe not.......anyway.....jane's health has been tenuous for years......now i need to find out through her sister or her mother if she is ok......or maybe i could just call her up........i am due a pilgrimage to cincinnati to see her......it has been over a year since a took a day off and had lunch with her on her deck.....along with numerous glasses of krug.......we always drink champagne when we get together.......then there is my friend jean kaduk......an osu dietetics friend who have ihave heard from every christmas since 1979.......except for this year......she is much too young for health problems......much too healthy because she was one of the first people i ever met who was a thoughtful vegetarian and planned her meals for adequate protein.......hope she is ok.....i suppose i could go through dietetics channels to see if she is still practicing......maybe she is just late with her cards.......that happened to me one christmas, when i was so busy with the restaurant that i postponed cards until we closed for a holiday break........let's see, who else did i not hear from?.......there are some cousins, but i have already checked this out with my mother, who keeps up via phone with all of my dad's remaining siblings and even some of the children of his deceased kin......this sort of list is much more important that what i shall buy, or what i could receive......keeping up with a select and special group of people is priceless...........