And We're Back

I tried to Audblog from Connecticut, but I think I didn't "press 1 to post," hence no cheerful message appeared here. But it was fun - and cold! Mehran got the most questions of any of the directors in his group at the Director's View Film Festival, and there was an excellent turnout. Also we spent some time with our friends Philip Herter (a terrific writer, writes for both Mexican and U.S. publications) and his brilliant architect wife, Judy Choi, in Manhattan. Which was also cold. Philip and Mehran smoked cigars and made crepes. I played with Philip and Judy's adorable two-year-old, Emmanuelle. (They've heard all the jokes on that one already.) But little Emmanuelle had a cold, sniff, sniff, cough, cough, sneeze, sneeze, wipe, wipe, which I seem to have picked up. So, with sore throat, I am signing off.

Except not before I tell you that I have now finished The Subtle Knife, the second volume in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, and man is this guy a walking ad for using the imagination. This is one of those sets of books classified as young adult but terrific for everyone. Makes me want to read his inspiration, Paradise Lost.