small world :: byd bach

apologies for the delayed commencement of the discussion of the case-book of sherlock holmes. but after my return from london, i had been sick as a dog for an entire week -- and could have probably passed muster in a famous re-enactment of 'the dying detective' if push had come to shove. this week then, without further ado, brings the first story from the final collection of holmes-stories and a first faint light at the end of the tunnel of 60 reviews.

i've been back from london now for about a week and am beginning to emerge from a fever and drug-induced delirium. as always when i've spent  more than just a day in the city, i've returned sick as the proverbial dog. i can't remember when i've last been sick to such a degree. it must have been at least some 10 or more years ago. but my amazing special powers of producing unimaginable amounts of mucus were simply magnificent. within four days, i had gone through a whole pack of paper tissues. that's 100 in just four days. by day five my nose felt like sandpaper and was ready to poart company with my face. now, a week later, i still sound like a hoarse banshee. to make a long story short: photos from london had been a while in the pipe and i now find the time and am in the right muse to share them.

after one week of siberian weather fronts, germany is still in deep-freeze. though not in the same state of lockdown as britain with its three crumples of snow. the following pictures were taken last weekend when i opened the curtains some time in the morning -- only to find one of my 1950s double framed windows frosted over. and even though the temperatures have risen now by some 15 °C, that window hasn't actually defrosted the entire past week. that's what good old wooden frames do for you. gosh, i wish i had double glazing!

in an ideal world, i'd get to place a call with a bbc studio, order a script to be assembled of the most awesome story from the four branches of the mabinogi and before the year is out, branwen daughter of llyr would no longer be a dream, but would hit the cinemas. this would be my personal dream cast.