I’ll be heading off across the pond on Thursday. I’ve been getting bags (well, one) packed and unpacked and the things I’m taking whittled down. I hate heavy luggage and I always pack too much.

Fortunately Greenies don’t weight much. So Sid and Flora and Dylan, Kate Walker’s cats, are going to get lots of treats. I couldn’t go see them without the requisite Greenies.

Ever since the late lamented Bob Redford Walker discovered Greenies, they have been at the top of every packing list I’ve got.

I haven’t done as much on Christo as I’d hoped to do this past week. I’m going to be working on some family history articles, too, and so I spent plenty of time going over the catalogue for the Cornwall Record Office to be sure I used my time there wisely.

There’s never enough time — so I need to make best use of what I get.

Consequently Christo has taken a back seat this week. But I expect him to accompany me on the plane. And now that I’ve figure out how to shut my wireless off, he can talk his head off and I’ll type and type and type.

In case you haven’t met my friend, the eeepie, it’s a great little computer from Asus that has accompanied me on several jaunts this past spring and summer. It’s the 900 version with the slightly larger screen than the original.

But it has the same footprint. And it’s sooooo much smaller and easier to take along than a full size laptop. I love it. This is its first trip abroad, though, so I’m eager to see how it likes the trip.

My son’s Asus eee pc just came back from Italy and had a marvelous time, so I’m hoping Eeepie will do as well.

On the getting things cleared up before I leave, I want to tell Avi that her books went out today. Avi, I hope you get them sometime in the next week (not sure how long it takes to get to your part of the world).

I’ll check in and write on the blog when I can get wireless. You should hear from me from Kate’s house. And then, with luck, from Cannes. After that, we’ll see. Not sure where I’ll run into wireless in Cornwall — at least I don’t know how likely it is where we’re staying.

Behave yourselves while I’m gone. I’ll send pix of the cats — and anything else I think you’d enjoy.

Here’s your friend to keep you company while I’m gone.

Oh, you thought I meant Hugh.

Right. Well, just because you asked –