Greetings from Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains, in the French Alps! Hope this message isn’t too gi-normous.     Sorry about the tardy update. I’ve been hunkered down on a rewrite — mission accomplished on Monday. We did find some fun over the weekend, however. On Saturday we...

Cameras cannot capture a fraction of the beauty of the sunsets here. Most people go inside after the disk disappears, but the afterglow often goes on for an hour or more. Tonight, half the sky was deep violet and the other half bright, baby blue. I don’t have many new...