Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, b. 1859.

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home.

Sounds like a plan for next week, spring break. Monday, house-cleaning. Tuesday, play on the beach in Galveston. Wednesday, I’m not sure. We don’t really have a River with a capital R like Mole and Ratty and Toad had, but surely we can come up with something as dangerous and absorbing as Toad’s motor-car to keep us busy.