IMBOLC (pinch punch first of the month/ horsemouth the bicameral)

horsemouth has been reading alberto manguel's a history of reading and we are with saints augustine and ambrose in milan and with reading outloud and reading silently. 

in the book there is much theorising of reading comprehension based on notions of the lateralization of brain function (that the mind is divided into two hemispheres and processing of various stimuli tends to take place more on one side or on the other).

horsemouth has just realised that his current plans will have to survive a friday the 13th.

reading out loud/ reading silently

horsemouth you may know of from such roles as paul the smart and kind. it may surprise you to learn that he has also played other roles in his life (most notably paul the stupid and cruel). horsemouth has been bothered by some remorse over the actions of paul the stupid and cruel recently but there's not much he can do about it now (it's all done and dusted as it were). 

nonetheless it turns round and gets him sometimes. this probably indicates that he is doing too little. he was troubled less by all this remorse when he was beset on all sides by importuning ghosts and decisions at the communal endeavour. 

so here is howard and a tiger print from india (it's a bit kenneth anger don't you think)

as horsemouth remarked to howard (during a recent zoom beers session) he is happiest when he is busy (but not so busy that he is being worked to death like howard is you understand). howard finishes work on friday 13th february and then has half term off until monday the 23rd. 

this should work well(ish) with horsemouth's 17th to 27 itinerary. ideally horsemouth would get in to town sooner (but that may not be possible).

a video has surfaced recorded in horsemouth's old room. the walls have been painted purple, there's a clothes rail in the corner. there seem to be shelves (but they don't seem to be horsemouth's shelves).  horsemouth wishes the occupant a great deal of fun with it. the tune itself is an impressively ear-wormy new order type thing (well done).  

here a rainy and grey morning. horsemouth was out to the chickens at about 8am. currently he's listening to a morning raga  by ravi shankar.