they fall in with strangers

howard has been busy

horsemouth (on the other hand) has been watching lots of BBC ghost stories at christmas - mostly lifted from m.r. james - lots of cathedral libraries, witchcraft dabbling clerics, waking up in cold old houses in the middle of the night, lots of stalking ghosts. he thinks he’s watched the lot. lost hearts he watched again with his brother’s daughter (he thought she might appreciate it).

mardi and a voyager thither (melville - south seas - whales, but not centrally) has lots of short chapters - hence horsemouth is up to chapter 39 (they fall in with strangers) already. he also read a little online of do not sell at any price a book about 78rpm record collectors - the author starts by recording the collapse of recorded sound as a commodity (the sheer vast overproduction of it).

horsemouth has watched some films on tv - captain sully, lady in the van etc. - on the whole he finds them indictments of society.