April 5 - Ahead at 56


General catch-up,


and a 56th-celebration with Harriet,


walking


in


Lagoon


Valley


Park


around


the


southwestern quarter perimeter of the Lake,


with 360-degree views of the like-named Mountains,


including North and


South, plus Pleasants Valley,


the


Vaca Ridges, and


Cement Hill --


reversing


course


in


view


of


it


all


again,


then


buzzing across town to


Joe's for


dinner and


drinks,


returning


for the


ever-popular


cake and ice cream.


Later, over the impressive Matters of Race, there's parallel time for taking in the 16th Russian letter ("oh" my!) and doing an 8th compositional page of The Decameron - Fourth Day: Novel II.