the new goose

 This corner is getting there—note new tiny dishwasher, which arrived when regular UPS driver Roger returned. Still a lot of painting, and shelving, to do. Aaand—that's what the other side of the room looks like.
   There's a fair amount of Donna news (other than she wants me to write captions for her forthcoming book). She has a lecture coming up and there's a very fun doc on the making of "A Day in the Life of Australia" 30 some years ago which you can watch here for familiar faces.
  And here is a $3.5 million property on Cutt's Island in Maine, where my family used to summer. This was once Rayne's farm. When I lived there one summer helping on the dairy farm, Mrs. Raynes cooked our meals on a wood stove. And now this!