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Cool and rainy, eary this morning, eventually morphing into a lovely late afternoon; strange drowsy behaviors all day long from certain parties, but no one collapsed.
No man's land for reading at the moment; I can't bear to read any more about the Chinese factory girls, nor the economy that has caused them to migrate from rural parts of their country to cities, largely in aid of producing piles of unnecessary and wasteful crap. Maybe all the junk can be sunk to make artificial reefs some day.
Short visit to a friend's birthday celebration and bon voyage for the couple, who are off to walk the Pyranees, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, over 400 miles in about three months. May their feet stay strong.