The sun had long since in the lap
Of Thetis taken out his nap,
And, like a lobster boil’d, the morn
From black to red began to turn.
samuel butler
hudibras. part ii. canto ii. line 29


a disordered, discombobulated, inconsistent and, sometimes, foul-mouthed record of day-to-day events and meditations at the homestead, some copied from emails to friends, some just photos