Tomorrow morning I fly to Canada for the Zerbeda conference, to be held in the city of Banff, just west of Calgary, Alberta. We're taking over the Banff Fairmont Springs Hotel for this purpose. It is my understanding that the Hotel believes we are the International Society of Applied Mathematicians. This, apparently, is to be our excuse for not partaking in the skiing, skating and other rigorous outdoor activities which are the chief attractions of this Canadian Rocky Mountains resort. I expect it is also our excuse for near silence, as perhaps the Hoteliers will assume us to be doing mathematics.

I have prepared myself to present my in-progress close study of Rebecca. Single Human Studies are not as popular as they once were, but in my absence of comparative data I'm left very little choice. My findings on dog-human relations are insufficient at the moment. I have been researching local area dog parks (recreational spaces wherein dogs are allowed to run "off-leash" and communicate with other dogs, as well as urinate and defecate without punishment). I have yet to visit one, as I have been too distracted by revisiting past field notes and avoiding being seen by the Asian man on the roof, whom I have taken to calling Secret Asian Man (SAM, for short), named after a popular song from the 1960s.

I expect to transmit field notes during the conference, and of course upon my return. In the meantime, tonight I pack for very cold temperatures and deep snow.