Soundtrack: Juju, Wayne Shorter

Reading Material: Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene, Granted by Mary Szybist

Good News: Spent the past weekend in upstate New York, lake country, at a wonderful wedding with boat rides, puppies, interesting new friends.

Bad News: The dog my family's had since I was about 10 is being put to sleep tomorrow. She's about fifteen, and very infirm. I will miss her.