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At least this is still going on.

Worm-work on a tree trunk. (I find it so reminiscent of Mayan carvings).

Tacos al Pastor: Prepared upon request for my daughter’s 15th birthday tonight - from the NYT recipe. Marinated pork, seared pineapple, cilantro, summer right around the corner... @nytcooking https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020227-tacos-al-pastor?searchResultPosition=1

Here come the rhododendrons!

To battle the quarantine blues, the family decided to celebrate Christmas this weekend: ✅ xmas cookies ✅ xmas lights and Santa ✅ xmas music playing ✅ watching Die Hard after dinner🎄🎅

Last year, I shared a lighthearted short story - A WHIMSY OF THE WORLD - with readers on my distribution list. If you missed it then, and would like to receive it now, reach me at amortowles.com/contact. Best wishes to all in these turbulent times.

If you’re having a vegetarian dinner with Ann Patchett in Nashville, is it impolite to have an Edley’s pulled pork sandwich at 2pm? (Asking for a friend). #bourboninajar

At one point in A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, the Count worries that 18 year-old Nina is so serious, she will miss out on the joys of youth. In turn, Marina assures the Count he needn’t worry because “Life will find her in time. For eventually, it finds us all.” Taken by this passage, @micahniebauer and the team at @southernpinesbrewing have released Eventually Life Finds Us All - a delicious New England IPA. #didntseethatcoming Thanks, Micah! 🤓🍺

Happy birthday to the great, and greatly-missed David Bowie, seen here at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow in 1976.

The whole family eagerly awaiting Act IV of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” It was a fidget-free five hours, which concluded with a “that was great” - from both teenagers!

In RULES OF CIVILITY Wallace Wolcott’s family exchanges Xmas gifts wrapped in white paper with a different colored ribbon for each family member. A fan from Oregon made this quilt. I always look forward to bringing it out for our bed in early December. (Note the long gift with the polka dot ribbon: it’s the Winchester rifle from Wallace to Katey.)

When I wrote this sentence in A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, I did not foresee it landing here - in front of a 105-year-old tire shop on a corner in SF’s Tenderloin district (which is slotted for redevelopment). It’s sort of an apotheosis, actually. . . Repost thanks to @phniix

Tranquil light - the day after Thanksgiving, the day before the snowstorm.

The first cold Saturday of the season in NYC.

IMMOBILIERE CARACTERE Viva el Amor Paris 2019 Uh Oh