Hi. It’s me. The caffeinated coffee capsules are out at Chez Diaz Ortiz, which is problematic, and the one ear-pod I can’t stop losing is — you guessed it — not on hand. Elon Musk got cold feet, my husband got Covid for the third time, another of my kids had a planned minor surgery that I flipped out during (everything’s fine!), and I’ve had the good, good fortune to read more than my fair share of truly amazing books this month. (See: “Reading, etc.”)