news from the road

Catherine and I are getting ready to spend a few days out of town, while she does some research. Her work has her do this occasionally, and I tag along — no one else in her office, remarkably, wants to do it!

Meanwhile, we had a dinner party the other night, the first night that we were to use this gorgeous crystal carafe some friends gave us for our wedding. It's simply stunning, with deep bevels all around. One of the bevels, in fact, is so deep that it actually goes all the way through, so that when we filled it with wine, there was a fountain coming out the side of the carafe. Ahhhh, dinner parties! You never know what's going to happen.

See you in a few days.