Today is another glorious So. California morning. Deep blue skies with no hint of smog. Mountains so close. Fruit, vegetables, crusty brown bread, and colorful homemade soaps piled on tables in the bright morning sun. Clean laundry hung out to dry. All this before 9:00 AM (or at least it would have been 9:00 if I hadn't stopped by the magazine racks in the grocery store).

Now I am going to FINISH translating and summarizing a German article, "On the Interpretion of the Books of Ezra-Nehemiah: Together with a Contribution on the Method of Exegesis."