Riding multiple horses

Photo: A glimpse of Chicago, as seen on a local billboard..

Ah, December, that magical time when everything happens at once.  Aside from the usual preparations for the holidays, weekends taken up by various retreats with various organizations in various places (most recently, back from Shanghai), and having all five of us back together in the same time zone under the same roof for the first time in four months, there's also the matter of planning for what we're going to do this summer.  As in our contract to teach here is finishing then; so we are busy deciding where to work, which country to live in, and what to do for the next step in our lives kind of planning. 

So you can well imagine that the past few weeks here at Slow Boat Central have been full of all sorts of challenges, choices, and possibilities to consider.  Exciting at times, draining at times, and most definitely not the most conducive to blogging.  Especially since this blog now has a wider audience than just our family and friends who we're keeping updated.  I'll still be putting up photos and thingies as time permits, and will fill you all in as developments develop.  If you know us, however, and want to get more detailed news, by all means keep in touch - we'd love to hear from you!