no, actually, our trip down into dc last month to the smithsonian was my first time in since last year. i hadn't realized it until gerry had to explain that all the potted plants in front of the museums were really jersey barriers. the increased security everywhere startled me but shouldn't have.

i'm with you, still no tv or radio. i didn't want what you call predigested memories either. i know how i felt and that's enough. in the days after that day, people i'd run into would talk about all the stories being shown on tv of families looking still for the missing, the grieving, etc. by instinct, i shielded myself from that. though i'm not proud of it, i knew that was better for me than getting obsessively caught up in those harrowing stories. do you know what i mean?

i feel pretty good today. this weather is wonderful. having jeff and his cat here is good for my morale! how are you feeling?