1) Back porch coffee on our first day in the 60s. I have such a long list of things to do today I may just ignore ALL of it and stretch this moment until 5 PM.
2) Quote of the Day: “When we take up the ‘new’ it is only because we have had a secret need of it and have unconsciously prepared for its coming.” — Cecil Beaton in his book The Glass of Fashion, writing about Irene Castle
2a) And that’s all very well if it’s a hairstyle or a hemline, but something very different if it involves weapons.
3) Just now I heard all this pronounced rustling in some leaves behind me, in a corner of the fence. I turned and looked, thinking to see a squirrel or, worse, a skunk or an opossum or something. Turns out it was a glossy black bird, perhaps a shrike.
3a) With all the talk of “murder hornets” and cicada plagues in the news, thank goodness it wasn’t a raven!