I slept a bit late this morning but it mattered not, because it’s raining cats and dogs and I decline to run in this weather. Morning Office, fruit breakfast, some backed-up correspondence, some reading, and then a break in the rain such that it seemed good to catch my morning run before it started raining again. I took the pace easy, not timing myself, and arrived back to shower and give a quick scan to three books by my former colleague Lidija Novakovic. I wrote a few words, read some others, and enjoyed Margaret’s pasta with aubergine sauce, and the first-season conclusion of Dicte. (It was on probation, righted itself somewhat, and then edged back to the precipice, so we’ll see how the second series goes.)