May 20, 2022

Good morning!

It’s Friday. It was getting chilly over there in Edinburgh, so I’ve whisked us across the Atlantic to Los Angeles. We are sitting by the pool of the legendary Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. In my repertoire of epic tea moments, this remains near the very top.

My Stash of One’s Own book tour had ended in Los Angeles. It was my longest tour yet, and I knew I’d be a wobbly bowl of jello by the end. So I went all out and treated myself to an extra day of rest at this mythical place. My room was in the top of the tower you see at the right. Those two windows looked out over all of Los Angeles. Never before or since have I been so in love with a place. I didn’t even bother to leave the hotel. I just sat down here, sipped my tea, and looked up.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

— Albert Einstein

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Onwards,

Clara