the bad news is i'm dying. there is no good news.

[rone]

Now sick with some respiratory ailment for the third time this winter (possibly a fourth that i fought off with minimal distress).  Body aches, too.  But at least i managed to feel well enough yesterday to enjoy five wineries in the Santa Clara Valley AVA with 2wanda:

• Fortino Winery (run by an old-school Italian)
• Hecker Pass Winery (ditto)
• Sarah's Vineyard (new ownership)
• Solís Winery (very charming pourer)
• Satori Cellars (lively bunch, lots of wine poured)

It's yet another local wine country that we'd neglected to visit, which oversight has now been corrected with spontaneity (we were just gonna drive to the beach at first).

Oh, dear, new symptoms... which you probably don't want to hear about.  Bye now!