My dear friend D. came back from a trip to Long Island, which is where she comes from. She flew back via Tahiti, economy class.

Between Papeete and Sydney, she was sitting in the middle row. Next to her in the two seats by the window were… Peter and Tanya Costello.

When his memoirs finally come out, I expect there’ll be a section on “Economy class: the Wilderness years”.

Tanya was very nice, she said, although she didn’t get to chat to the $weetie.