I have purchased felt tip pens in varied and beautiful shades, abducted legal pads from a workplace---not mine---and have commenced taking copious notes on the following subjects:

• porcelain and the making thereof
• Baja California and the Sea of Cortes
• landscape in the desert
• salt marshes

Next weekend is slated for the study of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, and the immune system, with glass and its origins to be investigated once the books arrive. This writing a book thing is proving enormously mind-broadening. So many subjects to consider---I shall devour them all!