Happy New Year. After an all too brief trip to the US for Christmas with my mom, and a fast roadtrip to Santa Barbara to see Kelly, and a single night in San Francisco to see friends, and a lovely wait in the upper class Virgin lounge at the airport, I'm back in England. Flew back with Robert to meet Kate and Anne who had spent the week in my flat. We've been shopping and sightseeing -- the new British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert are as delightful as promised. New Year's was spent at home eating sublime snacks from Selfridges and drinking too much champagne. Hope you had a blessed and happy new year.