As Far As You Know

I spent much of the day with my family on Lake Pocotopaug in East Hampton, Connecticut. My sister was on the East Coast for a Brown college reunion so my parents and I assembled at my cousin Helen's house for a laid-back afternoon. On the way over, I passed the Wesleyan campus in Middletown, where traffic was heavy--no doubt because of the college graduation ceremonies featuring Barack Obama as a speaker, filling in for an ailing Ted Kennedy.