I'm in the Seattle Public Library, a great new structure with neon yellow escalators, using an IBM in the fifth floor "mixing center" -- the three floors above are all listed on the elevator as being "spiral" and the reading room is on the tenth floor. All quite visually impressive.

I hate to spoil Seattle's public reputation, but the weather out here has been great for just about two solid weeks. We even spent a day in the Hoh Rainforest and had sunshine, good temperatures and views of some of the greatest mosses I've ever seen. [Admittedly "great mosses" is a peculiar category.] Ditto for the views from on top of Hurricane Ridge, where one can see glaciers on the slopes of Mount Olympus.

Only one work crisis while I've been gone thus far, and that seems to be being handled well by all, tho it did take a few conference calls that I would have preferred to skip. The plan for today is to get to Open Books, Seattle's poetry bookstore, sometime after noon, then down to Elliott Bay Books & finally the Science Fiction Museum & Experience Music Project.

The one thing I'm not looking forward to is having to rise in time to catch the 6 AM flight back on Saturday. We saved a lot of money doing that, plus got a direct flight. But it's a heavy price to pay, being up at 3 AM!