Guests

We had a great dinner and visit with Chris and Linda last night. Linda is a writer, too, and has written several children's books -- that's one there -- as well as books about Mormon women. So we got to talk about writing and publishing while Tom and Chris got to talk about law and stuff. Their house in Utah is still under construction, so there was a certain amount of that in the conversation, and given our ... shared level of maturity, health got its fair share of attention. Chris is doing remarkably well after that drastic surgery he underwent. Fortunately he was in excellent health -- except for the cancer -- and that stood him in good stead. All those healthy Mormon practices, I guess.

I will be at the railroad all day, and Chris and Linda are planning to visit Taliesen (Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and home near Spring Green) and also to see a furniture-maker down there. After they leave this morning, Tom gets to play. Or maybe start getting ready for Miriam, hit ex-sister-in-law, who will be visiting next week, with perhaps Helen in tow as well as another friend.

Looks like Tom's older son Peter will be moving in here in late May or so for a while, maybe a year. He graduated from St. John's College last year and has been running a store in Santa Fe, but now he wants to get ready to go to grad school. So he is coming here to sort out his plans.

It is cool, 24 (-4.5 C) now, but supposed to his about 50 (10 C) later in the day. Starting tonight and al day tomorrow, of course, we will get snow. We will see what that does to the trains.