'UFOs appear over takoma...' (saltflower)

'walked all night long, paris perimeter.. a farmhouse was in the background, also a clothesline between a couple of rotting posts, and fixed to it were clothespins. ducks splashed about in a small muddy hole in which water had gathered. at a distance, a barn and a cottage, the kind they provide for retired railway clerks. on the railway tracks just one train a day passes through...' 

- werner herzog, of walking in ice, 13th december 1974. 

herzog is nearly there. memory and actuality are getting mixed up and discussed together.

'UFOs appear over takoma washington and leave behind a seed that a woman eats and it impregnates her and she goes to utah to give birth to an alien child... and then joins a cult, a doomsday cult out in the desert...' - bookpilled's partial description of saltflower by sydney van scyoc.

bookpilled is preparing for another SF book auction (which will have happened by the time you read this). he has a box of books (but cannot stop himself from keeping the good ones or mentioning that one author's work is now entirely public domain - so you don't need to buy the books to read them). 

despite this he is a really good guide to the field. he's even a good salesperson. 

horsemouth is intrigued by the idea of UFOs over takoma.

strange lights over takoma park

horsemouth's mobile phone actually works 

he can at least receive calls (he got his brother to phone him while he was walking about on the common i.e. a place where there might be some signal). he is therefore more reassured about the journeys that need to be made. he is still languishing in the world of not being able to make any outgoing calls - he will try sticking some more credit on it. 

last year it was a friday 13th this year it is a saturday 13th (by the 52 weeks plus one day principle). saturday maybe zoom beers with howard. he has about a week of work left. saturday and sunday the weather looks decent. 

(thereafter the weather is mercilessly rubbish clear through to the winter solstice and ch______s beyond)

next week the TESCO order comes. horsemouth is sad to say it is everyday provisions rather than ch_____s luxury. 

today a frosty morning. clear skies.