Becca and Laurie have hit it off just fine. This shot was taken in Laurie's living room, right before Super Bowl XLII . (The book on Becca's lap is Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game, which is absolutely wonderful and has been a favorite of ours for many years. B's sweatshirt is 26 years old — that's five years older than Becca herself! — from when I was teaching for the University of Maryland at the Bahrain School in 1982. Laurie's snowman pajamas are newer....)