Day 487: Ecocruz Dreams

Jochen's boat, in situ @ Bay of Islands, NZ

Listening to owls sing and water fall from a fountain spurt through an open hotel window in Chantilly. 

A hugely meaty conversation to accompany an entirely vegetarian and almost ayurvedic dinner last night (thanks, Brad, for ideas, great conversation, big laughing, patience, allsorts). A successful client dinner this evening - nothing untoward. Entertaining enough, nothing too far. I'm always SO deeply grateful that I don't still drink when I do things like client dinners. I'd have to be so careful if I was still drinking, and I've never been that good at it. It's been so long since I drank that it'd be wrong to expect that nothing at all had changed, but I do suspect that my fairly consistent bouts of being brazen and finding pretty much anyone attractive when I was drinking would at most have become diluted. I can't imagine it would have disappeared entirely. Phew! Such a relief. Not that I would, in such a context, but it's great not to have to think about it. 

One of Jochen's amazing wildlife shots

Grateful for my friends, and for my friend Jochen Zaeschmar's video clip of what looks like hundreds of dolphins and false killer whales giving his boat the full escort. I like Jochen and I like his life. 

I'm also grateful for work that came in today. Let's hope it all comes together, and for a big fat translation that came in. Loving doing more with languages.