Having just spent a couple of weeks in Tuscany, Anne and I feel more relaxed than for ages. What a beautiful part of the world it is; Arezzo was a special delight—we even managed to find Guido’s house (he who devised the musical stave). I was surprised to see how many churches still had pipe organs, even in the remotest corners of the countryside, though quite a few were clearly out of use. Still, benign neglect is preferable to several other fates…