I’ve been doing rather well. The hot weather is losing its grip on me, and I’m trying to convince myself that fall is the perfect time for me to redouble my efforts to take better care of myself.

With all the stress (in-laws dying) of this past summer behind me I have a renewed sense of accomplishment. Gerry is a painting contractor, and this time of year he is really busy, so I have stepped up to handle the details of my in-law’s estate. I haven’t felt this useful in a very long time.

And I have another new project. I’m very excited. When we built our house fifteen years ago we had to take down a lovely but rickety, 100-year-old barn because it was too close to the property line. Now Gerry and I will be replacing that barn with – drum roll – a new barn!



It’ll be my job to make sure it gets done properly. I’ll probably bore you with updates, so be forewarned.