I'm back from vacation. I survived! California is very beautiful. I can see why people live there. They don't seem to understand why I live here, but then I came home (drove from NYC and got home at 9:30 last night) and the crickets were chirping and it smelled really good and earthy and sweet. I am working on a longer post full of photos but it's taking me forever, so this mini-prologue will have to do for now. Hello.