Last night we hosted friends from the church we attended when we lived in Indianapolis. They are on their way to a retreat on Star Island off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire. This morning, Jeanine guided us on a tour of murals in West Concord before we went for a nice stroll on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.

In the evening we celebrated Maya’s 23rd birthday with her. Jeanine prepared a fruit pavlova at Maya’s request. The pavlova is named after the famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, who toured Australia and New Zealand in 1926. As the New Zealand story goes, the chef of a Wellington hotel at the time created the billowy dessert in her honor, claiming inspiration from her tutu.