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8.00 am: A prevailing gustiness. ‘Blow wind, blow.’ 8.15 am: A communion. 8.45 am: The inbox was tamer this morning. I let forth my own volley in retaliation for the…

‘Interestingly, I seem to be haunting a number of peoples’ dreams recently’ (JH, correspondence (September 24, 2020).) 7.45 am: The promissory: 8.30 am: A communion. 9.00 am: I attempted to…

8.00 am: A communion. 8.30 am: Starting another academic year always feels the first day of the new school year, when I was young. There’s a sense of anticipation and…

Monday, September 21. 8.00 am: A morning walk to the postbox. It felt not like any other first day of the academic year that I’d ever experienced. Melancholy, without hopelessness.…

WFH: DAY 141. This is my last day of working from home. As of Monday, I’ll be into a pattern of on-site and online teaching and off-site research (if there’s…

‘Perhaps we’re entering the dark-ages of media’ (YouTube comment). WFH: DAY 140. 8.00 am: There was much to do: letters, charts, lists, and data archives to be sent, revised, filled,…

WFH: DAY 139. 7.30 am: 8.15 am: A communion. 8.45 am: No sooner than I set down than its rains ‘things-to-do’ in my head. They must be written down, immediately,…

WFH: DAY 138. 8.30 am: A communion. 9.00 am: Inboxing. Then, on with my review and adjustment of MA module curricula. The contents and timetable for delivery has to be…

WFH: DAY 137. I’d slept fitfully. 8.00 am: A communion. 8.30 am: What was foreground became background. My primary orientation was now towards next week and beyond, as Covid-19–ready university…

WFH: DAY 136: A colder night, anticipating a warmer day, than is usual for this time of year: 8.00 am: A communion. 8.30 am: I, duly masked (in compliance with…