It is an unfortunate fact of life in Vallo. For all its many blessings, it yet may give us good friends and family only to snatch them away without warning. I strive to accept the good and the bad both with equanimity.
But one of the good things about moving the Art of Expression to the Lan estate is that all the surfaces are protected from anything that might mar its beauty, much like our clothes. Paint will no more stick permanently to our tables than to my sleeves.