Brita Entered a New Half-Century ...

... and we forgot to congratulate her. Excuses abound: literature festival, sister's visit, etc., etc.
But it's embarrassing and she's one of our dearest friends and now she's fifty and probably even more sensitive.
We beg forgiveness and send belated best wishes for a wonderful new semi-century!

/for a new second half of the first decade of that second century/ is what should have been said here, as it was her 55th b'day we simple minds forgot to congratulate her on !