I think it's turning colder

[incandescens]

Indeed I was tired today. Big surprise. Got a number of small things done at work, though nothing really major.

I have less capacity to make witty comments/discussion when I am tired. I also seem to feel the cold more. Or perhaps it's just that it has turned colder. Reply hazy, ask again later.

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Eärendil was a mariner

Eärendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil to journey in;
her sails he wove of silver fair,
of silver were her lanterns made,
her prow was fashioned like a swan,
and light upon her banners laid.

In panoply of ancient kings,
in chained rings he armoured him;
his shining shield was scored with runes
to ward all wounds and harm from him;
his bow was made of dragon-horn,
his arrows shorn of ebony;
of silver was his habergeon,
his scabbard of chalcedony;
his sword of steel was valiant,
of adamant his helmet tall,
an eagle-plume upon his crest,
upon his breast an emerald.

[. . .]

-- JRR Tolkien