It is an inner and an outer journey I am making across Britain, and, trust me, the former is much more arduous. Not that one should dismiss the latter. Only a mad person would take a single train from Edinburgh to Exeter, particularly on Sunday. This is the preferred day for working on UK train lines. Not that there were any repairs underway during our journey. Which meant that, for example, our Crosscountry line train actually blew into Birmingham half an hour early. Still, based on the presumed Read more [...]

I would have to say that the night of the reversing-uphill car crash has set in motion forces that are most unpleasant and, more or less, out of control. To illustrate this as I write, my computer keeps closing this document and opening what looks like an Apple programmer's menu of options. Meanwhile, my options seem to be running out at nights. At least sleep is no longer among them. I keep staying awake worrying that…and do not look for logic here…I cannot get out of bed. Note that this once Read more [...]

Odd that I had to distance myself 6000 miles from the scene of the crime…but this appears to be the case. Fact is, I had just driven myself home from a monthly meeting of the local library's book group, and I was backing into a parking place. Let me put a finer point on things. I was backing uphill, in the dark…into a supposed parking place. Already this sounds like so much excuse-making. But, of course, what I must excuse is my own disability…. In that moment of fear when my car naturally Read more [...]