It’s Valentine’s Day, a holiday fraught with emotional minefields and traps for the unwary.  What is the correct level of celebration?   If you are a dating person it’s one thing, if you are married, it’s another.    Of course it is impossible to ignore the holiday, the stores are full of things to buy to show your devotion.

Choices range from the simple, like a balloon or a card.

To the traditional roses (they were $8 two weeks ago, this week they are $17) and chocolate.

Then there is the other sort of choice, a little obvious don’t you think?

There is also the kind of present that shows that the person thought about you, and knows you.   When we moved into this house, my darling thought that it was rather dark going into the garage.   So he went out and got lighted switches for me, so that I could find them easily.

It’s not the traditional romantic gesture, but it tells a lot about the nature of love.