May 23 2014: Good grief! It’s my birthday—and my 70th at that.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Plautus

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

Gabriel Byrne

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One way or another—thanks to some marvelous friends—this last year has been a pretty happy one. Despite frustrations and setbacks in some areas. I feel much blessed.

The photo is yet another of my talented sister Lucy’s photos of France.

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