30 November 2009. Clear fall day.
The Metalects return--a holiday special, the berry pie--or was it quince? Chicks at the ready, chefs hats and ladles--a bottle of Merlot, and the shoulder-strap alms bowl--City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, somewhere up in Mendocino, in honor of master Hsüan Hua... But no, this is more Ringling Brothers, or the vaudeville stage, where Jack Benny, with that subtle turn of his head, needs must announce his own version of total resignation...
One watches, in expectation...
