My parents were in town from Monday afternoon until this afternoon and it was lovely.Â? They tamed the weeds in the yard and fed us lunch every day in town.Â? :)Â? My cats were more tolerant of them than usual, especially Edda who ended up being quite conversational with Mom last night as Mom was doing computer stuff.

Dad and Jon got into a discussion on Irish politics while I was putting the 10 lbs of zucchini through the food processor.Â? I remember thinking Duuuude… this violates the “thou shalt not mention politics or religion” rule that is in place at family holidays! but I let them have their fun.

They’re headed west through Glacier and onto Washington before heading back to the Golden State.Â? Jon and I will see them in a couple weeks when we head to Cali for a wedding.

So what’s with the title?Â? Craic is Irish for “good conversation”.Â? And believe me, we had some *GREAT* conversations — conversations that would render someone “ded”.