Came home to the news that Grant's mom passed away this morning - totally expected. 99 years old, she'd stopped eating a few days ago, and when old folks do that it is saying clearly that they want to pass. We were hoping she'd make it to 100 in August, because she would have come to Kritzerland that night, whose hundredth show that will be. And of course, without her there would be no GEE, as she was the inspiration for the character in the first half of the book. It's not about her life or anything, but if you read the first three words of the book, that is totally her and was what made me want to do the book.