We've just come home from Mexico, where we caught up with friends.

Here we are, just back from a wonderful walk on the beach. Me (showing entirely too much upper thigh) Bao, my always-glamorous friend Jeanne and her three girls, Cleopatra, Angelique and Tangerine.

Bao's stitches came out yesterday. Everything looks fine. The much-detested plastic cone has been put away on the highest shelf of the closet, and Bao is once again free to lick what's left of his nether regions. He doesn't seem to miss what's missing. I was afraid he might.

My novel Sea Changes was launched at an intimate, pre-publication Literary Lunch on Thursday and I sold my first 21 copies. Sea Changes is now available on Amazon, although it won't be in bookstores until next month. If you happen to read it and like it, please write a review about it for Amazon. (But if you don't, please don't!)

Personally, I like Amazon. You don't have to pay sales tax, and usually, shipping is free. Best of all, you don't have to worry about finding a place to park.