It's warm tonight. Stars are shining. I'm in a little office, checking details. It's been a strange day, coordinating an event (one day down, three to go), but people are kind, and everyone seems happy to be here. Friends volunteer to help to make copies, or help with registration. I'm craving quiet, so I sneak off at the end of tonight's session. As far as I know, a little core group is still relating to each other in the big room where we meet. No newspaper, no media. What I do have is a beautiful night sky, a huge old tree hung with stars, and a little time on my own.