Personal and diary update. I’m sorry to say I will not be at Bristolcon this weekend. My father has died, and I will be dealing with all that follows, and mostly offline, until further notice.

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Look at that tiling! Beautiful

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I've been listening to this while ripping out a very a poor darn (mine) from a sweatshirt sleeve and repairing it. My brother sent me the link as he is one of the people caught up in Capita's colossal and continuing cock-up, for nearly a year now. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Sometimes when I am reading a book I feel that a scene or passage was the seed that came to the author, maybe in a dream or reverie, and the rest of the book emerged by working backwards and forwards to give it context. Not an abstract idea, but a dream sequence that seems freighted with power.

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Got the last Blackberry Danish in the coffee shop. It looks lovely, but I'm getting the feeling I shouldn't stare too closely at the knot.

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