Motus Mentis

Sorry about the near-total lack of content here. We’ve had a steady stream of houseguests, and I’ve hardly been online at all. I’ve paid as little attention to the news as possible, and have spent my scanty solitary time reading (Bruce Catton, Thomas West, and Forrest McDonald), working on a couple of mixes in the basement studio, and practicing my drum rudiments in preparation for this year’s musical retreat to Star Island. What’s more, the lovely Nina and I will be out of the country for a couple of weeks, and I’m not taking my computer, so the blog will be probably be idle until mid-August.

As for current events:

I’ve been hearing a lot about Robert Mueller’s Congressional testimony yesterday, but I didn’t see any of it, so I can’t comment — other than to say that it appears to have been a big disappointment for the Democrats, which is always good news. Even Trump himself must be getting tired of all this winning.

Glancing across the pond I see that Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister. He’s certainly a smart and energetic person. Regarding Brexit (regarding which, to the extent that I care at all, I am of course on the Leave side), I’m interested to see what happens with the Irish border.

The media are shouting that a new scientific paper claiming that previous warming periods were merely local “drives a stake through the heart” of global-warming skeptics. I’ve just checked my own ticker, however, and saw no signs of woody impalement. Here are some of the reasons why.

There may be other stories worth a mention, but for now I can’t be bothered. I’ll get back in the saddle in a few weeks. Thanks for your patience, readers, and I hope you are all having a lovely summer.