Quiet here because I sojourned to Seattle this weekend with Mr. Pencil to visit my father and stepmother on the occasion of my father’s birthday. They’d just come back from Provence and Monaco and went to great lengths to take nice photos of the vines in Châteuneuf-du-Pape for me. We ate at Rover’s and there was boating (sailing and motorized), though I didn’t myself take part.

I hope my sister is doing well over there on the east coast. Haven’t heard much from her lately and would like to! I guess phone lines run both directions…