Hello, Dear Reader.

I doubt that you are keeping track of these things, but I should have written a post for you on Monday. Indeed, you were penciled into my schedule, and you were often on my mind. However, my week was preempted by breaking news: three grandchildren and their mother came to visit. We stayed busy for the next several days doing Big Stuff like this:

And this:

I’m pretty sure you’ll agree it was a good choice. See you next week.