There was a goodly amount of laughter as we told stories and exchanged personal histories. We saw most of the Academy, spending a lot of time admiring the huge collection of fish at the Steinhart Aquarium, and went out for coffee afterwards. The time just flew by. We agreed to meet again soon and go ice skating. I was totally energized by the afternoon.
Nothing beats hanging out with intelligent, witty women.
Sunday morning I called Sei to see if she was dead. I actually knew she wasn't, having exchanged email with her the week before, but I had been getting concerned queries from readers wondering if she'd quit since she hadn't updated her diary in nearly a month. In the afternoon Janice Gelb came over for tea and gossip. I wanted to show her my photos from my DUFF trip in 1987 since I thought she would enjoy seeing twelve year old photos of everyone she met on her own DUFF trip last year. We drank herbal tea and ate cookies while she marveled at how young everyone looked.