This weekend, Stevel and I drove out to Palm Springs. We had a lovely overnight stay at the Comfort Inn, where we had the pool and large hot tub all to ourselves for a long time as the sun set over the mountain, and the sky remained dim but not dark. We shopped, walked, partook of delicious food and wine, and then decided we were thoroughly bored with Palm Springs. So we went back to our hotel room and played “Word Balloon,” a game like Hangman, on our Nintendos for a very long time. This morning we got up and went to Joshua Tree, where I took some photos (click on “Start Slideshow” on the right). We climbed rocks and watched more serious climbers scale rock-faces. On the way home, Stevel grumblingly allowed himself to be dragged to an outlet mall, where everyone was rude but I got a cute watch that was a super deal. We also had Godiva hot chocolate, which is crazy delicious. Now Stevel is finishing “Book the 13th” in the Lemony Snicket series while I “do homework” at my desk.