It was summer, a time for quieter reflection and vacations and planning for the new year. Judy Chirico arrived at my office to help plan for the new year by helping with the shelves for the pennies marked D and S. Then Jeff returned from vacation in Hawaii (or was it familial obligation) with leis for OtherJane and Suzanne and they posed together with him and then Suzanne and OtherJane posed as Suzanne admired her gift box and we spread the Hawaiian (actually Japanese) treats on the table as Jeff constructed a tree of Macadamia nut cans Several days later, Mike Wood '08 stopped by to interview me.

Finally, it was time to begin the journey to take Ben to camp after our terrible horrible worst possible beach day to which I forgot to bring my camera. We began the journey by stopping at Mike's Dogs where they had many umbrella room carts and these were Ben's dogs at Mike's dogs with these condiments and my fries ready to go as we surveyed the menu options and admired the smaller carts that could be rented before pressing on.

Next stop was our hotel room in Albany where these were the beds and the view and the beds on the way back to the bathroom, After a rest, we headed to DeJohn's where I began with this martini which only slowly roused Ben but I got excited when the mushroom and artichoke dip came along with Ben's pasta and my salad. Then we went home and called it a night.

Next morning, Ben's breakfast hardly roused him and my breakfast and coffee and condiments didn't do much for me but we drove on past Mr. Subb until we came to Vermont where we had to wait for a 107 car train (count 'em) to pass us before we could get to the Williams College campus and see these elegant mushrooms under a tree as Ben loaded his pack posed with his group leaders and prepared to execute this itinerary.