Last night we had three ears of fresh corn for supper,
and half a bottle of Australian Riesling such as you had bought.
Mommy went to bed at 11 pm, I followed an hour later.
Mommy awoke at 4 a.m., went to the toilet. I changed a wet bed pad,
but Mommy didn't return to bed until 6 a.m. I came an hour later.
We both slept until noon. I changed a very wet bed pad, helped Mommy
with a shower, dressed her and gave her breakfast of dry cereal, coffee,
and toast. She has been sitting very quietly on the porch without a book,
dozing and gazing into the trees. She has no complaints and seems
comfortable.

The dog made the mistake of annoying the CIA who called in not a drone
strike but the game warden who detained the dog. After I mail this letter,
I'm finally going to put on socks and shoes - the right shoe is very adequately
secured with two strong rubber bands in lieu of a slipknot. Then go out to the
car  where I hope to find my cataract glasses, and to the clothesline on which
last nights wetted pads are waving in the wind. If not dry, I'll wash them and put them
through the drier.

Since a volt-ohm meter might be very useful in trouble-shooting the
surveillance system and I had left mine in Belmont, I ordered two such
instruments ($11.00 each) from Amazon.com., one to remain here, the other
to be taken to Nantucket in due time.

I wish you a safe trip to the West Coast. I wish I could drive you to the
airport in the morning, - but one can't have everything, especially if one
already has too much.