girl at large

just got word from Mom that she has successfully completed her week's women-only sailing course in Maine and is back in familiar lands (Chicago) today..she loved the course! "I've never laughed so hard in my life" she says, sounds like she really hit it off with the captain and crew…there were no other students booked for that week, but they didn't cancel the trip because Mom was coming all the way from France! more details to come…
as for me, i spent the day on a foot-paddle (pedalo) boat with three other gals and two wet dogs in Gorge du Verdun…beautifully cool fresh water. Miss Liz, in a moment of sheer brilliance, repaired an annoyingly squeaky peddle axel with suntan cream…"I didn't go to finishing school for bloody nothing!" she said.
very nice outdoorsy (especially for this rather indoorsy gal) day, Ruby is still recovering in the armchair.