And here we are… time has never seemed to run faster than it does now. The road trip to the desert to visit James’s brother is happening. We drove almost nine hours, and now we are here. For me it feels a bit like a mini-vacation in a way… sharing James with his brother. There is a familiar connection between them, even though they seemed a bit estranged during the first years after I met James. Right now, while I am writing this, they are sitting together working on James’s taxes. I get to be in a room alone on the other side of this big house in the desert. In the days before our departure we had some ups and downs… life with Lewy Body Dementia, but also just life being life. Lately we have been connecting our errands with some fun detours. My dentist appointment in Bolinas, for example, turned into a rather pleasant ride home via Mount Tamalpais. Though I have to admit that after a lavish lunch on Bolinas beach — clean teeth and all — I was feeling ambitious and mentioned to J...