The crazy trip to LA to put Jezebel on a plane by her­self is now done. I don’t want to talk about SF fog and delays. Suf­fice to say that the nice man from the USDA waited for me, examined Jez, signed the paper­work, sealed the crate, even stamped the passport 

made for her (!!) and that she’s now on a Qantas jumbo on her way to quar­ant­ine in Sydney. She’ll stay there for a month and my mother will visit her occa­sion­ally. I feel like she should have an “unac­com­pan­ied minor” tag on her.

See you in Janu­ary, my darling.