Australia on my mind

I've been listening to this remarkable audiobook - a historical novel set in the early period of colonization in Australia....The Secret River. Highly recommend it. The themes it explores dovetail nicely with my earlier post about Maureen Dowd's piece on blue-eyed greed.

Then today I got an email from girlfriend Elizabeth, who is in Australia right now have the time of her life (judging by the fantastic photos). Cindy went last year for World Youth Day....The best people go to Australia.