And the very, very very good news is ...

... that yesterday Susan defended - with aplomb - her dissertation and so you can call her "Doctor Orr!" This photo of us is a few years old and we have weathered mayhem of all sorts since. (The perps know who they are!) But this accomplishment in the face of such adversity is simply wonderful. I am traveling from Gainesville, where her defense was held, to the west coast today to see August. So despite it all life is good. A third of the way to the best year ever ...