I have no time to rant this morning about the evils of capitalism or the stupidity of "personality:" over "issues" voters, as I promised to volunteer at "no on 8" headquarters this morning, (Proposition 8 seeks to ban gay marriage in California.).
So I will just leave you with Sargent renderings of both this sumputuous sleeping seductress and the Venice Grand canal. I hadn't meant to use the same artist, but I think I might do it more often.
MCO 2008
P.S. David and I saw another house we liked and are sumbitting an offer. It's a long shot, a lot of people will want this one.

finding peace of mind often seems a longshot when it's not in our midst. have faith...