Thanks for reading and engaging. It's been a while since I wrote in this smorgasbord style. I enjoy it and am pleased you did too. Sitara and I had a great day today--we went to her gravesite and laid on a blanket for a couple hours in the sun and then we went to her favorite pizza restaurant in her hometown. It happens to be one of the best pizza place's I've been too, and I'm from NYC so that's saying a lot.