conscientious particularity (a cracking start)

'... such a conscientious particularity.' - prologue to carmilla by j. sheridan le fanu

so yesterday horsemouth delivered the eggs and chatted to a tourist, the postman and his mum's home help. there was another tourist in the abbey (so things are picking up). at least it wasn't raining (or at least it wasn't raining heavily).

he also took an automated phonecall from the dentist for his mum. (which now has to be replied to - ok no it doesn't).

ok so that's that day accounted for. 

today also 

horsemouth will be off into ewyas harold to pick up the hereford times and his mum's prescription. possibly bell-ringing in the evening (he'll have to see). 

soon enough horsemouth is on holiday

'... fossil fuels are not being replaced by renewables, as the term energy transition suggests. instead, they are being added to the total energy supply. what we are witnessing, in other words, is energy addition rather than transition... we are living through a green transition; it’s just that it’s not the one that climate activists, scientists, or, indeed, anyone concerned about life on this planet actually wants....'

and here's horsemouth trying to rock the spot and make it happen. 

horsemouth likes the decarbonisation of the energy supply, he likes the decarbonisation of transport (more trains) and of housing (home heating). 

horsemouth's position is tenable. he's out in the wilds, it's all going ok (so far). 

keir starmer's position is untenable (so they say). 

but then he has just survived.

starmer will survive until the end of may (probably). he's a useful fall-guy for the gorton and denton by-election and later on, the local election results in may (further his likely successors aren't ready to mobilise just yet).

he may even survive beyond may - more stuff may come out damaging to his potential successors, the whole world situation may become so chaotic that dumping him begins to look like a bad idea. who knows he may suddenly become passionate and confident (free of mandelson and mcsweeney's baleful influence he may develop a personality). 

howard has been reading carmilla which he pronounces ' an excellent book'  - drat! that means horsemouth will have to re-read it. 

it's off to a cracking start horsemouth must say. 

here it's another horrific rainy morning. horsemouth has been out to feed the chickens and unleash them (but he suspects that today they will mostly be staying in).