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Today I spent with family (of course) and with manga. I tried to convince my mother that it was right and proper to read manga during Pesach because you read it (namely the volume I had carefully selected for illustrative purposes) in the same direction as a Hebrew text. She chose a crime novel instead. I've run out of manga now and am rapidly running out of Isabel Allende, too. I'm dropping hints about another visit to the library.

I'm dropping hints about a lot of things (not just books), but not about my birthday. My brother is appearing magically from Queensland on Wednesday (he has a car rally nearby) and much family will be gathering for dinner on Wednesday and I have been promised an orange-almond kosher for Passover birthday cake! I get a pre-birthday party *and* to see my brother and his wife. How good is that!!

I feel I ought to remind everyone else that turning a prime number is a good thing and it behoves us all to enjoy it. I've instructed myself on this already and have quite lost my fear of turning 47.

I've also lost my fear of this virus never receding. Today I'm tired, but the aches have diminished. In fact, by the time I turn 47 I might be entirely over it.