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This afternoon we had our last meeting for the camp. Next week I'm off to Tuross Head for a couple of days, to teach writing by the sea. We shall eat, and walk on the beach, and Tim-the-artist will teach in the dining room and I teach in the lounge room and we all get the Great Outdoors. The days will only be marginally warmer than here, but the nights will be about ten degrees warmer. I'm looking forward to that! This is why I need to get so much done this week. The camp makes the perfect break between my articles/reviews and the work for Europe.

I forgot one article I owe when I made my previous lists for myself, so I have two pieces to do in later May, and both require considerable thought, but there will be only two. I've read all but two books for the other articles. And I may only need to read one, after all - I miscounted how many articles I need to give.

I can write more, or I can stop at the six I absolutely need. It all depends on how frantic I want to get. Right now, I want to cuddle up in a doona and watch silly movies, so I may stop at six. Two interviews and four essays. One essay on Jewish calendars, one on magic in Renaissance Florence, one on a rather odd approach to science education, one on Latin poetry and one on a set of fantasy novels.

That's five, isn't it? OK, so I'm writing five essays and two interviews. I don't want to drop any of them, and so they must all be written. Still, only one book to read for any of them. And one to read for the other article I promised. I wonder if I can do all that before Monday morning, or if there will be carry-over? Watch this space...

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Most of my email isn't reaching me today, for some reason. If you have anything urgent, either ring me, or try emailing via one of my alternate addresses (try philologa(at)gmail(dot)com, for instance). I found out about the problem when poor Sharyn was trying to do a bunch of urgent stuff and I was not answering. She so didn't need that!

I'm checking Facebook for messages and also here.