Last night we saw The Tempest at Stratford in Ontario Canada. Christopher Plummer played the lead. I was so excited I couldn't sleep. Now, I sleepy and on the Air Canada flight to London. I am excited, exhausted and exhilarated. It's a triple E ride. I miss my family.

July 7th

It's the evening before my birthday. I am upstairs at my sisters in the old part of the farmhouse. The walls are about 18 inches thick. Here, upstairs, I am overlooking the pond where at least a dozen bullfrogs call to each other in their deep baritone, trombone like sound. One after the other they call out. boom, boom, boom.... and so it goes. The green heron, which is actually purple and burgundy has already flown off. The coyotes have yipped and packed up. Everyone here is in bed. Tomorrow is my birthday.