Flowers from the deck

l went back & forth between feeling competent and not today.
I had a lovely lunch with J-Z, who recently retired from our office and who is also moving away from the bay area. He has a condo in Sunnyvale to sell and speculates that there are folks buying U.S. propenty to get money out of China.
After leaving the conference I called B-B.She sounds like she's feeling pretty drained. 
One thing we talked about was my networks here.Lyr's recent reflection on being known made me realize what was,., is...missing within one group. I don't feel known by them-but I do feed loved. It leaves a little gap, but it's still a wonderful gift,
14 cubic feet of books packed. Potentially 46 more to go, if we trust the moving guy's estimate.We're going tohave to pick up the pace.