A delightful trivium I just found out (thanks to Anna for the info): Petula Clark is one of the zillions of people singing on "Give Peace a Chance". She had an unpleasant concert experience in Montréal the same night that John Lennon was also there doing his "bed-in" thing, and she managed to get up to the "open party" in his hotel room to get over her funk.

She's always been great. 81 and still going strong. She released a new album a few months ago.

Birthday dinner—well, a pre-birthday dinner—for Phyllis. Rebecca is with us. Nicole isn't, alas. Place looks good. We'll see.

This looks like a nice place. Let's see.

Whenever I see someone with a "smartphone" that isn't an iPhone, I can't help thinking "how sad."