Some fine performances

Well, that didn’t last long. The young Gabriel Jesus has injured himself. The journalists are saying that he might not play again this season.

Still, I wish to recant what I said about the Premier League’s strikers being disposable. I overlooked the position’s one true genius: Zlatan.

In charisma – in style – in clarity of movement and of thought – he outdoes all the others. Witness how, with minimal effort, he guides Manchester United to victory.

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After nearly a second full week of illness, Karin’s buoyant self has been restored to her. She is now bleating upon the clarinet. She is inspired by Martin, whom tonight we heard perform, in a coffeehouse, with the Romaniacs (Martin played the bass guitar).

Karin has just run out of breath. Jasper is hiding, as he usually does when Karin plays. Amazingly, Ziva is fast asleep. Our two kitties are so very different from one another.