Half a year, half a year, half a year onward

[steepholm]

Well, I don't think I've ever had such a long period of LJ truancy. It's not that I've been depressed, inactive or in a vegetative state, but I did get to a point where I wasn't sure that I had much to say that would have been of general interest here. For example, I've had plenty of fun trips with my lodger, Yuko, and more recently, Moe, my new,

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[andrewducker]

Congratulations on the promotion!

[steepholm]

Thank you!

[sartorias]

Congratulations on the promotion!

Yeah, UK politics... I hope not a harbinger of our wild ride on this side of the Atlantic.

[steepholm]

Thank you!

As for US politics, I feel fairly optimistic that Trump won't get back, at least - though my record of prediction is admittedly patchy. If he does, there will subsequently be a lot of people wondering why the leopards are eating their faces - but that will be small comfort to the rest.

[sartorias]

Yeah... :le sigh:

[nightspore]

Congratulations on the promotion!

I love "Nipponic neophytes."

James Merrill's cat was named Masie. He had her spayed, he says with some regret, in her old age: he hears voices undulating
Toward the hald mad old virgin Henry James
Might have made of her, and this James had.

[steepholm]

Thank you!

I think that, in human terms, Maisie is a kind of misanthropic nun.

[aerodrome1]

Congratulations on the promotion! And I am glad you're posting here again. I do hope you'll tell us more about Japan.

[steepholm]

Thank you!

If you're interested, I'll do a digest entry on the Japan trip shortly. It covered a lot of familiar ground, but there were some novelties also!

[aerodrome1]

Thanks! I'd love to read that!