1) Time for fairy lights: I bought these lights last year because I loved the colours and now that it’s December I can bring them out again.  It gives me a little burst of joy to come into my office and see these lights glowing on the mantelpiece.
2) Christmas banding has started – three events yesterday (although I played only two) with the first Smiling Morn and the first mince pie of the season.
3) Foreign parts: last week I went to Thailand and Laos.  It is a real privilege to have a job in which I can do that!