Never mind; it’s not your fault, it’s my stupid mood disorder. These things happen, and I’ll be better later.
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Jon Zeigler sent me a friendly e-mail about the stream of reviewer’s comments (on his star system design manuscript) that I sent him, and we had a pleasant exchange. That’s a bit of a relief, because I’ve sent 36 e-mails of comments since the 30th of January, and I was afraid that I had snowed him under and got diverted to his spam folder.
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Bleargh.
Things are not going as well as hoped. Two weekend visits from an attention-seeking cousin, and a dinner-party that was enjoyable but tiring. Also, a bout of gout that has taken the spring out of my step. My dog seems resigned to never going for a proper walk again.
But circumstances are not to blame. I’ve sat at my desk and tried to write, and every day closed my file at lunch-time unchanged since half past nine.
At least we’ve had decent rain: 157 mm in the past week with another week of light showers to come, according to the Bureau.
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My eldest brother phoned to tell me that he is not coming to stay next weekend (the 13th & 14th) as planned, but arriving tonight and staying until Tuesday.
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Have you considered moving without leaving a forwarding address…?
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I have considered moving to a one-room apartment.
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Might I advise the benefits of having your own moat?
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There’s a church just down the road that has that, with a direct river frontage. Alas, no drawbridge.
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I very much hope that is full of crocodylus pontifex.
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I am rather suddenly feeling a lot better. I had glimmerings of a remission about a week ago. Today I feel fine. Not depressed at all. Not sleepy. No psychomotor retardation. No signs of pseudo-dementia that I can observe: mind clear, memory apparently present and correct. No social aversion — I was able to chat wittily with my dentist’s assistants. No feeling that everything is impossible and not worthwhile anyway. This is pleasant. I like it.
I hope this sticks for a while. I’ve had a bad two years.
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Indeed, I wish you a persistent improvement. I’ve seen how intractible depression is; it’s a good thing if yours has let up.
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Splendid! Long may it continue.
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This is excellent news 
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Very pleased to hear this; I hope it stays for a long time.
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Excellent, I hope it continues
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Brett are you interested in an online game on Rill20 (free) using the Aliens rule set, maybe 3 or 4 sessions of 3 hours, email me on andrew@happynumbers.net.au
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Making, or even eating, roast turkeys, plum puddings, and mince pies while it is 35 C in the shade and raining heavily is simply insane.
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I’ve always presumed it was a deliberate and demonstrative insanity, rather than one carried out unthinkingly.
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Yes, it certainly looks like the behaviour of a people who are in furious denial that they are anything other than British folk in a foreign country. But I’m sure that my brothers and sisters don’t actually identify that way.
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