We’ve got a house guest staying with us this weekend, a good friend. Despite a little confusion involving the difference between AM and PM and arrival times, she arrived safely.

Today is the day for the standard battery of “historical Boston” activities, which will be done in the rain with a rather large umbrella. I enjoy having people visit, if only in that it gives me an excuse to wander around the old part of the city. Having recently finished The Hub, an excellent history of the development of the Boston from colonial times, I’m eager to see what new things I see.