Attending another of journalist Margie Logarta's Gertrude Stein lunch parties soon. I'm taking along E. and J.

Not bringing my dry-medium materials this time. Am taking photos of Margie for a prospective oil portrait of her. If time permits, I will include that portrait in an exhibit that my high school class is putting together in celebration of its 50th year. Yes, the paintings I am currently working on will be there. Some of them will be for sale, but not Margie's portrait, of course. The beneficiary of this fund-raising event (actually a series of fund-raising events), according to my hard-working classmates, is the Philippine Jesuit Aid Association (PJAA). God, I remember those horrid mite cans.