Sunny with a chance of cool. Probably five years ago to the day I was sitting in our room at the American Academy in Rome, listening to the fountain in the courtyard, and thinking that perhaps I was the luckiest guy on the planet. Déjà vu! I sit typing, listening to the fountain in the courtyard, and again thinking that perhaps I am the luckiest guy on the planet.

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