I've got a persistant cough and possibly a fever, but I've been stubbornly going to work anyway. Being out under the trees is very healing. Walking along a creek looking for aquatic insects may also be healing, but the jury is still out on that one.

Now, one day removed from the longest day of the year, the evening sun is painting the wall behind the computer yellow, soon to fade to a dirty orange and then to nothing. Jen is trying to get Willow to sleep in the other room. It will probably be peaceful here for about another minute, since the older kids are due back at any time.

Here's a deer.