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This is a milestone year. No. 1 is giving a Valentine to a girl, and not because she happens to be in his homeroom & you have to give a card to everyone. (In fact, the 6th grade classes don’t exchange Valentines in homeroom — that was a bittersweet coming-of-age realization.) No, he is hand-delivering a Valentine to a girl ON PURPOSE. To top it all off, he also asked if he could make cookies tonight … so that he could take one to her at lunch tomorrow.

I can feel the apron strings loosening as we speak.

In other Valentine-related news, there was a bottle of 2006 Viridian Pinot Noir waiting for me when I got home from work today. So, someone does pay attention to what I like! 😉  I poured it into a decanter to let it breathe for a while … Wow, is it good! It has a brandy-like color and aroma, with a rich fruit flavor and a zing on the palate.