At least, that's what the boat looks like, although we are far from Denial. We took Bruce (our marina manager) and his wife, Dot, for a lively hour-and-a-half bay outing.

More logging in the morning for me, while Sue and ME went to class in GorB—can't wait to see the test results.

The gentians are now thinking about setting seed, the asters and goldenrod are winding things up, and the sumac is turning color. There's a message in all that, even though we may not want to hear it.