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Bill, this is my favorite entry yet. Thank you for your early morning companionship on these daily diversions. And yes, I couldn't agree more about the deep satisfactions of audio editing (literally!)

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What a true observation that our memory of the sequence of events in our lives is so frequently wrong. I expect we edit to accord with our internal sense of what makes most narrative sense.

I was also intrigued that she went to Joe P.'s in the belief she had the flu and might spread it to him and his friends. One mustn't be a presentist, but after Covid days it's shocking how common that used to be (and perhaps still is).

The diaries. That's truly upsetting. I expect it's something that would have had to happen then, given how little interest there seems to be in her centenary, apart from your glorious journal and proslytizing.

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My fave too . . .

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