Disaster

Well, during the hours I was at work, the floor of Mary’s & Martin’s basement endured another flood. M&M don’t know it yet. I won’t tell them until after they get home. Let them have a few more moments of bliss.

Karin – professional librarian, expert book-dryer – rescued some of my books.

Bianca has been staying the hell out of the basement.

We all thought the flooding problem had been fixed. Alas, no.

The Remains of the Day is unfolding nicely. I’d never read it. I’d watched the movie umpteen times, but the movie doesn’t include Stevens’s long, philosophical reflections on dignity and greatness. Stevens is lovable, not least because he puts so much consideration into his butlering.