Kristin and Ross kindly let me crash at their place, and between stories (with only nice, funny monsters), a visit to the Waldorf school (where all the children are happy and quiet), we also managed to work in a gin-tasting, a bitters-tasting, and a little absynthe. Which makes the heart grow fonder.  That’s funny every time.

6:45 am:  Kai and Linnea leap into bed with me, band instruments in hand, shouting gleefully, “We slept in!” NB I still want to have children.