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Very pleasant impromptu visit yesterday from vachequirit and his lovely lady wife. It's been far too long since we've seen them--their children are almost all grown up now and making their way in the world. I wish we were. Other things that happened yesterday included the successful connection of the water butt to the drain pipe--at least I assume it's successful, we'll find out when it rains.

Writing has been suspended for a while so that I can apply myself to A N Other Project. (I type this in the hope that a blinding revelation as to what happens next in one of these things will dawn on me and drive me back to the keyboard.) Jobs continue dispiritingly scarce, and the Countess is having a bad leg day.

But there are rumours that Cosmic Trifle might be getting back together. A spokesman for the band said today "yeah, well, man, I mean like we're none of us getting any younger, innit, and at the end of the day iss all abaht the kids, you know, getting the music out there, I mean aht there, on the street, right?" Watch this space, or possibly that one over there if you prefer...