I’m heading off to my birthday celebration, tired in the head. Be back on Friday afternoon, too much to do to be away longer. Plan on getting a tattoo, staying at our favorite Vermont Inn, taking walks, reading, loving each other. On birthdays I think about what I want the rest of my life to be and how I can achieve it. I’ll report back on that.

I’ve decided we don’t need a house or pet sitter, I’ll just leave Red in charge with instructions for watering the animals, letting the other dogs out and feeding them. I don’t think that will be a problem, the only thing I can’t figure out is how can  use the phone if there’s an emergency. Maybe he can bark into a smartphone. See you tomorrow and thanks for being a part of this quite remarkable and often insane enterprise.