Some of my readers might be wondering where I am right now, as I haven’t posted for some time. The first couple of weeks after my last post were extremely busy. Since then, however, I have been enjoying a much needed break. Among other things, I have purchased almost eighty books and have started to read them. At present, I am in Philadelphia, where I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of great friends, some of whom I have been in contact with online for almost ten years, but have only just met in person. If I have the time and the Internet access, I may blog much of the rest of my trip over the next couple of weeks.

Until then, here is a picture of me with a statue of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.