I spent a couple of hours last night rearranging the furniture in the family room in anticipation of the coming cold weather. I moved our chairs near the wood stove and moved out some of the other fixtures. A bit of sweat, a lot of groaning, and it almost looked like a new room. My old dog sat at my feet after I was done and looked at me as if to say, “Well, that was interesting….” Today is an anniversary of sorts. On this day, way back in the Seventies, I boarded a jet for my first airplane ride and streaked out west to stand on the yellow footprints…