happy solstice! blessed be!
horsemouth (of course) slept through the actual sunrise (at 4 something a.m.). last night he watched the hippies wander round stonehenge. he watched darkness fall and listened to some dull(ish) ambient music. such is his love of humanity that he had to turn off the chat - trolls pretending to be christians were arriving and annoying the virtuous pagans (who were then insisting that the 'mods' remove them). all of human life is here (unfortunately).
well it's a beautiful day outside (the dew sparkles nou sprinkes the sprae). horsemouth has let the dog out (to poo on the lawn). his dad (another habitual early riser) is not up yet. his mum (a habitual late riser) is not up yet.
today (this morning) they are off into town. wish them luck.
horsemouth has to think about getting back to town proper (at least for a bit).
at some stage there will be business to contract, meetings to be had. he's promised some cat-sitting. the timing all depends on the meeting today. horsemouth thinks the most likely outcome is delay. 'come back and see me in...'.
and delay has very much been the order of things - to horsemouth's evident frustration. in december 2021 there was a vote at the communal endeavour to purchase more property by means of taking out a loan but horsemouth and his merry band have not managed to actually do this. interest rates (after years of being flat as a pancake and historically low) have risen and (worried) banks have become less willing to lend.
to be fair the communal endeavour have actually got on with everything else (and indeed added a major new task decarbonisation to the list). but for the wider economy horsemouth predicts stagflation - a joyous mixture of stagnation (ultra low growth) and inflation (increases in costs taking money out of the pockets of working people). he predicts a lost decade and possibly longer (japan style). at the moment he doesn't see a way out.
anyway let's see how the day goes.
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