I might have to let you down this evening. Sorry.

I was going to write more about my views of art, so that the art part of "Where I Stand" can be wrapped up this weekend. It will still be wrapped up this weekend, since I have covered the basics (I am just presenting a basic outline of what I think, I am not trying to publish my Grand Manifesto on Visual Arts - just to clear things up, which will be most important when I get to politics, as I need to make a couple of things very clear), so if worse comes to worse, I can just stop and move on to "Where I Stand on Film" or Music or "Where I Stand When I Am Stomping Nasty San Francisco Sourdough Bread Into The Compost Bin. Yuck That Stuff Is Foul!"

The reason I may not get into the world of content in art is that I have a DVD of 8 1/2 that I have not had a chance to watch. Since Melanie is going to a play with a friend (I would holler unfair, but Melanie did not make it to a single SF Symphony last year in our series), once I put Amália to bed I might just want to watch one of my favorite films. Or maybe not. Just don't get pissy if I don't write anything tonight. I do want to draw a connection between Holiness and Baroque performance practice, but that should probably come with "Where I Stand on Music."

I also realize that if I don't post a recipe, Ann might get grumpy. Since Ann does the design and html and understands how to Syndicate the site and all of this mysterious stuff, I have to appease her. So, I will post some late summer recipe soon. I have been doing a lot of cooking: tomatoes, capsicum, basil, freestone peaches, figs, basically all of my favorites besides Bing Cherries and Apricots. When the weather takes a turn for the colder and I grill more and drink more robust wines, then I will be extra happy!