The Waiting Game

While waiting to hear from Herself re Miss Birdie's book, a scene from Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (one of my favorite listens of all times) comes to mind.

"Do you have any brandy, French cigarettes, or worry beads?" Dirk asks and, on being told no, says, "Ah, then I shall have to fret unaided."

I am fretting unaided.
Only fair, as Herself had to wait six months, past deadline, for me to get Miss Birdie to her.

Here's a little something to pass the time. I talked a while back about Maira Kalman and her book The Principles of Uncertainty. This is her charming take on the Inauguration.

Possibly better than worry beads.