Don, if I were I'd become a hurricane to wash away the trash that has built up in the tidal basin in the last year. ;-)

Sandra, that sounds like a beautiful combination of cloths and wraps! I have a handful of wool shawls/lap blankets that came from a friend and from my great aunt's home, so in cool weather out come the combination of crazy squares of acrylic color and somber but comfortable wool to live on the backs of several chairs around the house.

Tomorrow we'll be back to seasonal temperatures. The warmth here was interesting but I prefer to feel distinct seasons at the time they're supposed to be here. This week the house was cooler than the outdoors, so I wore a sweater in the house and was just shirt sleeves outside.

Posting a press release today for the organic business I've worked for since I retired from the university. "May you live in interesting times" is a curse, but I suspect they are about to arrive. I have options, and will probably have a meeting in the next week or two.