That pizza was great! I'm getting away from always putting tomato sauce on them. That limits the number of subtle flavored things you can do with them. I baked three extra crusts that are in the freezer for pizza during the next couple of weeks.

I think I did yard work for about 4 hours, Kat. I mowed a big chunk of the front then stopped and pruned the vitex before returning to mowing. The break was good because that was hard mowing. I don't use the self-propelled feature on the mower for two reasons. I figure it gives the mower more power without running the back wheels, and I get a lot more exercise. It was wonderful to open the blinds this morning to a lovely park-like lawn this morning! My shoulders feel like they had a great workout.

I'm tidying my office at the moment. A few weeks ago I came across a letter written to me by a friend's mother back in the mid-1980s. I'd lived in New York City for several years and had worked with this guy for a couple of them. He sent me some extra copies of articles I'd written (an aviation magazine, only at the airport) and she sent this letter about the same time, expressing pleasure at reading my articles. It was great for me, but also she described all that her son was doing and expressed such love and admiration that clearly he needs to have this letter now. She died a dozen years ago, but won't this be a lovely reminder for him? She was so thoughtful--she included clippings of all sorts of addresses from various New York publications. I've tucked it all into an envelope and will mail it tomorrow.

SRS