Went to a party Saturday night. My friend Lydia had a party on the beach by her apartment. There were at least 30 people there, so plenty of new people to talk to. The food was awesome. The moon rose red and stayed orange till it was a quarter of the way into the sky. Lake Michigan was beautiful too.

I used to live in the apartment Lydia is in now. It has a balcony looking out over the lake and it's right on the beach. I used to go swimming every morning. That was the best.

I came home from the party to get some chapters written. Turned on the TV for company. There was a great old black and white movie on PBS. Didn't get the name of it, but there was tap dancing and singing. Mistaken identities, confusion about who's married to who. Everything you want from an old movie.

It was just what I needed for inspiration on that chapter, too.