Samballistic

We’re off to Rio on Sunday – Lida and me, just like proper tourists, and not a motorcycle in sight. We’ll be there for Carnival and, to tell the truth, I’m pretty damned excited. I’ve only been to one carnival before, in Bahia thirty years ago, and it was wonderful, but the Rio Carnival they say is beyond description.
We’re very lucky. We have somewhere to stay. Lovely Lulu, ballet dancer and teacher, has lent us her apartment. She and I shared wonderful times in 1974, and again in ’82 and ’01. You can see what a joyful person she is if you look at page 121 in my picture book, Jupiter’s Travels in Camera. If you haven’t got it already please do yourself a favour. It really is a fine book.

I have lots of other things happening this year, In America, in the UK and in Europe. I hope you’ll stay in touch. I’ll be writing more about them soon.
Cheers to all, and a very enthusiastic, if belated Happy New Year.