Okay, so for the past two weeks, I’ve been planning a book review of the book “Black Ants and Buddhists” by Mary Cowhey. I’m still planning it, read the book, outlined some points and it sits alone (not even in a pile) on my desk. Have I written it? No! What has happened? Life, liberty and the pursuit of home maintenance! I was away for two weeks the end of June, and home for three weeks before a trip that begins tomorrow — plenty of time, right? Nope again! We live in a 110 year old home located in New England. That means that home maintenance happens sometime between May 15 and Oct 15 depending on the whim of the weather. So you call all those maintenance guys and schedule what seems a reasonable distance between each — then what happens? The weather – first it’s rainy, then it’s a 100 degrees and so they all show up on the same day. Some of you are having a laugh because you’re talented enough to do all this yourself (actually I don’t know too many people who would clean third floor 100 year old windows on a ladder outdoors). But I’m not. So the book review will be forthcoming. It really is a good read. I will try to be on time next week! Well, okay, maybe the book review will happen the week after that, considering I’m in Denver at a family Bat Mitzvah (but we won’t go into that saga as yet!).