Spring is upon us. The sun is shining, the eclipse was in its totality on April 8 here in Vermont, and flowers are blooming.  A year ago we launched into another phase of Sylvie's journey, and she was admitted to home hospice. In 2023, we had a little cabin holiday and came home with a kid in serious respiratory distress.  This afternoon, Sylvie is resting peacefully and we're trying our best to fend off adverse allergy effects. In the words of Duke Ellington, “Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”