The Kirkus review of We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin was just forwarded to me. Phew! I can almost breathe again. It glows, saying, "An effective mix of major historical events and small, telling anecdotes, along with the attractive photo-essay format, make this a fascinating volume, informative and well written." So no bloodletting today!

On the other hand, yesterday afternoon the Read/Write disk I use to compose my books on suddenly and without warning turned into a Read-Only disk. This means I cannot edit/delete/or add to the 12 chapters that already exist. To say I was not a happy camper is putting it mildly. Pam Munoz Ryan, my buddy, e-mailed to say that maybe I could find a local computer geek in town to remedy the problem. I explained to her that in this town of 100 living folks, I'm the geekiest one around. I did, after much hair pulling, figure out a way around the problem. It's not pretty, but it will have to do until I return to Tucson in October.