This has been a beautiful end to summer: just a few hot days, tons of mosquitoes and bugs, lots of meditation, and I’ve plunged full force into my life as an aging man.

I respect the challenges and rejoice in the benefits. Today, studies in color. Eight flowers in individual profiles. Tomorrow, a weekend of peace and Pantry stuff. A peek – they are all out of toothpaste and polygrip, especially hard on the very young and the very old. I’ll follow up Saturday and Sunday. See you in the morning.

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My assistant, looking over my shoulder.