from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox (after the golden age then what...?)

we are three-quarters of the way from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox.

out here it is a misty morning with a heavy dew upon the trees. there is a reliable golden-ness to the sunshine. the swifts are flying about. horsemouth has seen some rabbits. 

today a visit by relatives. saturday horsemouth's brother arrives. sunday or so horsemouth returns to the wen for a little while.

horsemouth takes refuge in cyclical time.  

last night horsemouth watched an appreciation of john carpenter - there was the usual chat about they live being a documentary of reaganomics. the truth is that the early stuff is the good stuff (horsemouth would find it difficult to pick a movie where it all goes to pot - but to pot it all goes). 

the crime drama horsemouth has been watching with his mother has finished (leaving ample set up for series three). there are (of course) holes in the plots (she was banging on the door for ages but none of the neighbours saw it or mentioned it?).    

horsemouth walked down to the post-box to post some mail and then over to a house in the village to deliver some eggs. earlier in the day a visit to hereford. he bought  alexandre kojève's the notion of authority in a verso hardback (ten squid) in the oxfam. he had an enjoyable wander round the back streets (it's a pretty town in many ways). 

'there comes a moment, with the contradictions of history ultimately resolved, when this teleology itself comes to an end. the end of history thesis...'

what is this teleology?

'an immanent teleology that guides the dialectical movement of negativity, the very force of ideologies of progress.'

all the above able summary of the end of history thesis from françois terré's introduction to the french edition of the book (in hegar weslati's translation). it is a strange book for  kojève to be writing,  a discussion of the sources of authority in the era of marshall pétain. 

there is a piece on the pandemic horsemouth would like to review but it is from 'across the tracks' - he will take another look at it. 

the consortium meeting for the collective endeavour has been delayed by a week (the better to assemble it).