Home again. Finally and for real, except for dropping off the rental tomorrow 90 miles away and a day late, and recovering the Lariat.

24 hours ago exactly I was 700 miles from here having Peking Duck with a loyal reader, and the subject of the Commander and his philosophy came up.

I said that I no longer had anything personal against the man, and that to the extent that my brothers and sisters feel that he did their lives good, I am actually grateful to him for that.

She said: You should say that More.

So I am.

I could hedge and qualify but that’s not necessary. It’s true. You have a pretty good sense of the nuances in what I feel, or if you don’t, I for one have always been more than willing to share.

On that prickly subject or any other, any time.