Yes, I'm home, but I have to talk to my mentee in a few minutes and I have to be brilliant for her; I will return shortly and be brilliant (hah) for my blogees.

Anon, anon....

Home is very busy: there are workers plastering the walls where the former occupants had wall air conditioners. They have been removed, leaving large holes and now the holes are being filled in - making a mess, of course. I have used the time well, sitting at what I call my Paper Desk (as opposed to my Computer Desk), going through files and clippings and follow-ups that I have to deal with. The pile of paper is reduced but now I have to write the letters and file stuff. What did people do before paper?

I endured the weekend without Kleenex. Kate's house was out of it and she had no time to shop and we were nowhere near a drugstore, so I used paper towels and toilet paper. Does anyone remember Romancing the Stone? - the movie with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. She was a writer and the opening scene had her finishing a book and weeping at her own good writing and being unable to find anything to wipe her eyes and nose. No toilet paper, paper towels, nothing. As I say, what did people do before paper?

Oh, the random thoughts that emerge from an ordinary day! And BTW, I found a number of clippings labelled Blogs, so there are thoughts to come.....

(Don't talk to me about handkerchiefs. I've written thoughts about them on some other paper somewhere...)