12 June—The portrait below is of Lothario Massey, the family’s faithful Red slave. Whoops, I didn’t mean that. We don’t keep Red slaves. He’s the family’s faithful retainer and factotum. Does everything with minimal bitching. In all events, we treat him very well. Lothario isn’t as old as the White beard makes him look. He grew that while mowing the meadow when it was full of dandelions just waiting to propagate the species. He has since been shaved . . .