May 28. One hour with the philosophers in Stuttgart, Newton and Hume. We drive from Manhattan to Newburgh, late breakfast at the Jackson Hole Diner in Englewood. One of the guests proclaims loudly that neither all whites, nor all Blacks, nor all Chinese are bad, and if the whites don’t kill the Blacks in Africa, the Blacks themselves do, and in China the Chinese also kill other Chinese. Everybody could be good or bad, and that would be the only thing that counts, whether somebody is a good or a bad person. The woman in the corner (he points to J) is a good person, and so is the man sitting opposite her. After a long, detailed, loud explanation of the world, he leaves the diner. J and I don’t talk about it until later in the car. – Searched for two geocaches in the immediate area. J, of course, knows in principle what geocaching is, but has never done it, and if anything ever grabs her, she goes all in. I’ve never known a bigger nerd than her. – Mini-Barbecue in the evening. We have yet to learn the minimum amount of charcoal required and how long it needs to burn before the grill reaches the necessary heat to actually cook anything on it.