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Another day off. Another blissful dip into ‘normal’ life. Quinn continues to handle Veritas on Sundays and we have now been to church twice, picnicked once and worked on the yard together twice. I’ve napped every week and we’ve taken several walks. Good times.

Reading Waugh is now giving me an education on Mexican history, politics and culture. Who knew they were Socialists in the 30’s? Not me anyway and I’m enjoying learning all these things. I can’t imagine Waugh’s views are terribly popular these days but I ca’t help but think that he was a keen observer even if all his conclusions weren’t perfect. Popular or not they are quite decided and fascinating and educational to read. Throughout this collection, I’ve enjoyed seeing non-fiction connections to his novels and that pleasure continues.