the power of electricity (and street lighting) keeps the forces of darkness at bay (love and money)

it is the first of november. wait horsemouth will turn the page  on the calendar (gulls on posts  by a loch). the hell mouth is closing, the fish gods out on devil's reef will have been fed for another year (apart from a small snack near may eve). 

horsemouth slept well. at first in the darkness (sunset is now something lie half past four) there were small children walking around (and a few incongruous fire works), later horsemouth went upstairs to watch our mutual friend - the lovers make their declarations (brave people) but not all their efforts are crowned with glory. our anna friel is a sensible girl, she knows to live the lifestyle she must marry well. overall these lives  the dank rule of money  and class presides.  

the first tranche of money (horsemouth is told it is a tranche of money)  from the government to help with the heating bills (a whole 66 pounds) has arrived in horsemouth's bank account - horsemouth is not sure how best to handle it. the power company tell him he will be 200 pounds in arrears within 12 months (they are peering into the darkness of next winter). the government help only covers through until april, the power company will probably up his direct debit before then. horsemouth can either let people reduce their bill that they pay him now or he can hold it back and roll it over until the bill goes up and use it to pay that then. 

horsemouth's main goal is to ensure that no-one ends up out of pocket or feeling hard done by, and/or shivering in the cold. he's got two votes for roll it over so far. 

he read lovecraft's the haunter of the dark (strange goings on in a disused church in providence rhode island).  it is one where the power of electricity (and street lighting) keeps the forces of darkness confined and at bay (literally). he is moving on to the thing on the doorstep. the national grid are refusing to guarantee that there will not be rolling power cuts in the winter.

when he is inspired he will read more of rouuseau's reveries of the solitary walker. 

today horsemouth will get on with the necessary reading ahead of a meeting (probably thursday). at some point they have to do another zoom meeting with the social housing decarbonisation fund people (in addition to the regular friday consortium meeting) and horsemouth would like to appear prepared.