A belated happy New Year to you all! We’ve been hibernating for most of January, but are just beginning to peek our noses out into the podcast world again. Helen and I planned to record this episode via zoom, and then, just as we were winding up some history reading, we heard a knock at the door. It was none other than Helen and one of her daughters, complete with flowers, waffles and big smiles! It was so lovely to see her and catch up in real life over a mug of hot tea and the last of the (somewhat burnt) chocolate brownies.

We hope you enjoy our conversation as we offer suggestions to help get our days off to a good start. And maybe we can all surprise and encourage a friend this month in the same way Helen did me!