Sitting on the chair in the bedroom as Butterfly packs for her trip to Rome, listening to Astrud Gilberto. The house is comfy and livable, and already feels like home, but we are not “moved in” yet. That will wait for a couple weeks till she returns. In the meantime, I will focus on a few small projects around the place, get to some personal to do items and catch up on some social time. Life is very good right now, simple, vibrant, drama-free and really pleasantly full.

ps. It recently occurred to me that a good kitchen is like a sailboat. You want one that is big enough to comfortably accommodate a crew if necessary, with posts big enough for everyone to accomplish their required tasks, while still being small enough to captain it alone.