the fireflies have lost their way

[incandescens]

It is a good thing to have generally got the drift of using the new workbench package and to be applying it reasonably fast.

On the other hand, it does mean that people now want me to explain how to do stuff with it.

This is part of why I am now feeling rather tired.

Also, it is very satisfying to sing along with Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana in the privacy of one's own flat, even if one is not a bass. "Ad esse non perdono . . . Vendetta'avro pria chi tramonti'il di!" or however it's spelled. I just sing along.

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The Twelve Moons

[...]

Ninth Moon
In the summmer palace the fireflies have lost their way. The sky is like water.
The bamboos are yellow, the pond cold, the water lilies dead.
Speechless the moon shines on the gold rings of the gate.
Beyond the cool courtyard and the empty hall lies a white sky.
A hurrying wind has strewn the frost flowers.
Brocades of dapppled emerald are piled on the road.
The cock herald crows no more, dawn flows like diamonds and jade.
Above the gold well croaks a raven. The leaves of the plane tree fall.

[...]

-- Li Ho, translated by Ho Chih-yuan

Comments

[archangelbeth]

Ah, the perils of being The Expert! May others pick stuff up so you can delegate further queries to Disciples. O:>

[incandescens]

I shall do my best to ensure they do. (Teach a man to fish, etc.)

Incidentally, a new filler arc seems to be starting in the Bleach anime. On the negative side, filler, sigh. On the positive side, it looks as if it may involve evil duplicates of some sort. One cannot go wrong with evil duplicates. :)