This will be short, because the baby’s a bit fussy. It’s been a long week; she hasn’t been sleeping well.

Anyway, When in Rome, by Robert J. Hutchinson (I guess the J’s important), is one of those travel/place books that I love reading every once in a while. Actually, this one’s subtitled: A Journal of Life in Rome, so I don’t know if it can actually be classified a travel book. What it is, is a wealth of knowledge about the Vatican, something I never thought I’d be interested in. But, aside from the pat little — and sometimes snide — remarks that ended each chapter, it was a fascinating book about the Vatican, and life there. Hutchinson visited the Vatican Bank, the museums, the Secret archives, found out how the money and stamps are made, delved into relics and the past popes’ sex lives. Ecclectic, but interesting.

And now, I need to do something about this bundle that’s sitting on my lap.