But first, today is Donald Trump's 77th birthday.  After his court presence yesterday in Miami, he  stopped by Versailles , a Cuban Restaurant.   They sang Happy Birthday to him .  Note that if he re-wins the presidency next year, at the end of his term, he will be Joe Biden's current age. A colleague sent me this summary of musings from Jonathan Swan, Alan Feuer, Michael Schmidt, Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman of the  New York Times: The federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has unleashed a wave of calls by his supporters for violence and an uprising to defend him, disturbing observers and raising concerns of a dangerous atmosphere ahead of his court appearance in Miami on Tuesday. Experts on political violence warn that attacks against people or institutions become more likely when elected officials or prominent media figures are able to issue threats or calls for violence with impunity. The pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was drawn

Yesterday we were ported in Bateman's Bay, the stop for Canberra.  If you want a simple bus ride to this nation's capital and back, where they just leave you to wander about the city on your own for three hours, the price of this tour is $159/person.  Of course, it is a combined 5-hour ride, as the roundtrip will be close to 200 miles. Today will be all about food.  I slept until late in the morning and avoided breakfast.  So lunch turned out to be a 2-hour extravaganza.  A buffet at Colonnade, you pick what you want.  Lamb, plus. See that bowl with the cover on the right?  That is my egg blossom soup.  I ordered a Macallan Malt Whisky to pour into the soup.  Then drank the remainder over rocks. We got to know Anatoly from Russia, who is swiftly becoming our personal sommelier.   After a splendid 2-hour lunch we strolled by the pool bar and, amazingly enough, Vinay remembered us, and gave us a whole bottle of Glenmorangie.  While there he poured six jiggers of Macallan over ice