Bleak Post.

Yesterday was a bad day; today has been worse. Today attracted two instances of unforeseen expense which I can ill afford, one of them quite considerable.

The one exception to the trend was a visitation from two lovely ladies and an even lovelier lady dog. They were today’s pearls in the muck heap, and they provided the first visit I’ve had, apart from tradesmen, since last summer. I actively discourage visitors now, for reasons which would take too long to explain.

Sorry the post is a bit bleak, but at least I didn’t mention China.