Time Out

It's Tuesday evening, and we just returned from two days at the cabin, Jim's favorite get away from it all place to be. (You can see paintings of two different views of it on my website at http://members.purespeed.com/~peo/places.html. One is called "Little Cabin in the Big Woods" and the other is called "The Yellow Tractor.") The weather was perfect for golf, which we played twice, happily not too badly, since we hadn't played since last Fall. I also slept a lot, including during half the drive up on Saturday, and finally finished a book, "The Short History of a Prince" by Jane Hamilton, which I had begun before the sisters arrived, and started a new one by Julia Glass, " Three Junes, " which won a National Book Award a couple of years ago. We also enjoyed our usual dining out experiences at several local bistros, including Lia's and The Stissing House in Pine Plains and Terrapin in Rhinebeck. We are looking forward to our week's vacation in August as this was great fun, but much too far to travel for just two days.