A good week. I survived Saturday’s league tennis match in temperatures that neared 40°. The team got scorched by Parow, but the King and I extended our unbeaten record in the doubles.

I’m also delighted to report only petty damage by the ravaging urban baboon troop to the Hasenfuss household. On Sunday afternoon a juvenile male crept into my office while I was deep in concentration with Investors Monthly copy. He made off with the last four blocks of Top Deck chocolate, but received a swift blow with a pillow on his way out. Out on the deck he grinned mockingly at me, then scurried up the pillar and onto the roof. ..

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