'I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end'

'I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end' 

- richard brautigan, trout fishing in america.

great line (but not quite right for this time of year). 

roger is off on his boat and out to the islands.

islands where nobody lives any more. 

where the briars have overwhelmed the fields. 

he's been injured (ruptured tendon?) so he's out of practice and not match fit. it's a shakedown cruise where you try to find all the problems before you undertake a more serious passage.

horsemouth has been watching mantan moreland in king of the zombies. (his first movie of the month). 

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today the chicken enclosure is getting strimed (so no unleashing the chickens until that has been done). 

yesterday horsemouth had to pause in his reading of han kang's human acts because it just got too depressing. he's nearly done. he may have to re-read it horsemouth has read the vegetarian  by her also (that was great too).