Still kickin'

 
We had a pleasant day yesterday, though no zoo. Gay and I wandered around the neighborhood and nibbled at the hospitality suite before going out to the Big Event. Television interview for Fast Forward, a series that first got me about ten years ago. Be interesting to see the old one and the current one together; I think they’re on line.

We met Connie Willis and her daughter Cordelia for dinner, and that was a combination of hilarity and sober business dealings. (We work through the same agency, Ralph Vicinanza, and things have been complicated since Ralph's death.)

Signed books for two hours, a line at first, and then occasional collectors. Big cocktail party/reception, not terribly interesting to me, since I’m not in a wheeling-and-dealing situation. But of course it’s good to be out showing the flag. Almost everybody expressed surprise – sometimes wide-eyed surprise – at how healthy I looked. Of course to them the “news” of my illness is still fresh, whereas I’ve long put it behind me.

Joe