As anyone who has read these notes closely in recent weeks can tell, I am in need of some time away from the grid. Accordingly, the laptop is staying in the docking station whilst I & family decamp to a part of West Virginia where cell phones don’t reach. If you’re at the Mountain Stage New Song Festival in Shepherdstown on the 27^th & 28^th, look for the guy who looks like me. Thereafter, watch for birders along the Delaware shore. I may try & post from various libraries or wherever, but I’m making no promises. I should be back before Labor Day.