Back to normal hours, I guess, so I'm writing at 6:10 am. Enjoyed yesterday a lot, although when we went to Motor Vehicle, it was closed for Lincoln's birthday. Will go back today.
Pat's cousin, Joe, called from Jacksonville to wish him a happy. More cards came in
P. and N. will come with Susan and me for our mile and a half walk--a mere few steps for them, as they're experienced hikers.
Must get ready for the party tomorrow. Will pick up a few things at the store, make the cake, and decide if I want to use the disposable plates and utensils left over from our anniversary party.
So good to be with our older son and his sweet wife.
Wider: This, from Arthur Silber on his "Once Upon A Time" blog, seems to me to state the full magnitude of our decline:
"This amalgamation of major business interests with state power, this system of oligopoly and governance of, by and for the ruling class, has metastasized beyond imagining since the Progressive era. It has expanded in every direction and subsumed virtually every industry and business in America, large and small."
Yes. And we're screwed.