A good day

Dear family and friends,

The beautiful building on the left is where we have our tiny studio apartment. The chairman of the board sent the photo to all to show that the scaffolding, which had obscured the facade for months, has finally been removed. Behind the scaffolding, all kinds of repairs were made and the building and windows were cleaned. Isn't it lovely?

Notice the ledge above the arched windows: Our apartment is behind the middle window above the ledge. The apartment east of ours has been sold recently, but we have not yet met the woman who bought it. We face Bryant Park and can see a corner of the NYPL as well. We are very happy there. Wish we could be there ore often.

Andrew Carnegie built it as the Engineers Club, so it was then like a hotel with some grand rooms and many architectural niceties. The entrance lobby is still very beautiful and elegant.

We expect to be there next week; we are hoping that Lincoln will be OK on his own here, or that Dave can come and visit him while we are away.

Lincoln is doing remarkably well. The pain meds make him reasonably comfortable, and his appetite is good. I made a turkey soup day before yesterday, and the meat furnished three meals yesterday.

I felt better yesterday than I had for a while. The swelling is down a bit, but I still had to stay off my feet. The highlight of the day was an iChat with our dear friends, Michèle and Raymond Willems. What a pleasure to talk together at length while smiling at each other. I hope they do get a computer for their Perros vacation home so we can iChat when they are there. It is obviously such a good choice of vacation home: they can be there often, with or without family. They escaped the heat wave, which was all over France—except where they were.

Jack gave me an excellent session of physical therapy, and afterward I did a little shopping. I worked very little at my computer, but what I did—at least I thought so at the time—was choice! So things are good all around.

Love to all,
Bernice