Post-climbing lesson at Yosemite. Skinned knees and an elbow but got the better of three short climbs on the sheer, slippery granite walls, rewarded with gorge view of Half Dome at the top of one climb. All in aid of a story.

Pulling together research and notes for travel piece on the mighty Zambezi. Elephants and lions and crocs, oh my. And David Livingstone, the skull of Homo Heidelbergensis, megadams and murmurations of red-billed quelia birds.

We like our Zwilling …but I miss watching bubbles first small then large rise … which our old glass kettle allowed.

Research for a piece on midcentury modern architecture. Finally got to see the sublime Salk Institute in La Jolla. Other highlights: Arcosanti, Chapel of the Holy Cross outside Phoenix. Son of Lloyd Wright's Wayfarers' Chapel near LA. "Architectural Graveyard" on hill above Cal Poly.