Bryon and family arrived on Saturday, and will be staying with us for a few days while they enjoy the many delights of Boston. They brought with them their old — and our new — car, a 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage. It’s nothing fancy, but it has four tires and an engine, and it will allow us to get out of the big city now and then.

I wish I had a television at the moment so I could follow the Tour de France. Alas.