I am sad because Stewart won't be coming as planned. He was going to fly in and we were going to take a train down to France to visit a friend in Lyon, but work commitments have gotten in the way and he can't come. Sad transatlantic besotment.

I met up with Robert and Laura, old friends from San Francisco, today for lunch, and it was lovely to see them, and catch up after, gosh, 5 years or so. Though I did see Robert briefly at Serena and Rob's wedding last year. Robert is a writer and Laura a musician, and we had a great conversation about American politics from the view of expats, the demands of a writing career and our respective adoptive countries. And it was a lovely, sunny day. Happy Canada day!

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