School starts up again, for me, in a few more weeks. I'm going to be glad to get back - I actually enjoy my job. Which, I guess, makes me lucky.

And, of course, today's picture is a fairly strained visual metaphor for teaching. It's a job that involves trying to show people all the little trees and branches and twigs that make up the forest while, at the same time, helping them keep their eyes on the big picture, the forest.

Well, I did say it was strained, didn't I?