1. Back from Holiday hiatus.

2. "Walking along the Champs-Elysees I keep thinking of my really superb health. When I say 'health' I mean optimism, to be truthful. Incurably optimistic! Still have one foot in the nineteenth century. I'm a bit retarded, like most Americans. Carl finds it disgusting, this optimism. 'I have only to talk about a meal,' he say, 'and you're radiant!' It's a fact. The mere thought of a meal - another meal - rejuvenates me. A meal!" -Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press: 1961. Pg. 49

3. Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 77

4. Jacques Prevert

5. Writer's conferences and gunfighters. Directors. Forgotten names. Industry. Robbery and sympathy. Literature for airports and technology.

6. Tell a lot of story, fast.