The feast of St Martin was yesterday and all my best laid plans were awash as the cold and flu season has reared its ugly head over here. I had planned a big bon fire inviting many friends to bring along, coats, blankets and winter gear, that we were going to donate to a homeless shelter. I bought new lanterns at IKEA for the children for our procession, and studied up on various traditions around the world on how to honor ST Martin....ALL in vain...Arghh!! Motherhood, homeschooling, some days you feel the rightness and others you feel at odd with the world. I suppose it is the waxing and waning of life yet today I feel so let down.