We've arrived for our last week of vacation at the fabulous Chautauqua Institute in western New York. Each of the nine weeks of the summer season has a theme. This week is "arts and politics" and this morning's lecture is on the political influences on popular classical music. Tonight we'll go to the symphony, with time in between to walk around the grounds, maybe go for a swim, work on a puzzle in the living room. There's no wifi in the house we're staying in which means I have to work a little to get connected which is kind of nice. (This morning's "work" is to sit on a bench in the dappled sunshine at Bestor Plaza in order to access the library's free wifi. It's hard work, let me tell you.)