I landed in Austin shortly after midnight Monday. My sister-in-law picked me up, and we gabbed until 2 a.m., then crashed. Today has been more of the same — gabbing, plus working out, and introducing her to the Wonder of Slurpee. Then my brother got home and we headed to The Salt Lick for heavenly BBQ goodness, and peach cobbler a la mode, of course.

I will be spending the next three days immersed in conversation with various friends, and will not be around the computer. And so I leave you with this:

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

–Margaret Storm Jameson