It has been 22 days since my last post. I apologize for being absent and thank you for not giving up on me. In a nutshell, my sparkling time at Tin House and my glorious vacation (way up north with the bright sky and the smell of spruce) were sublime (to give you an idea, I’ve uploaded this photo of me swimming in the lake one evening).

Tomorrow, I will start fresh with a week-long celebration of my brilliant friend, Ellen Meister, whose debut novel is released this week. Then I will be back to business as usual, or something like that, when I will reveal all of the secrets that were unearthed at my high school reunion last Saturday… (just kidding).