From halfway through Dracula: Abraham Van Helsing is the biggest Mary Sue I’ve come across in recent literary memory. Geez. “You forget that I am a lawyer as well as a doctor.” Yes, thank you, I wasn’t certain you were a Mary Sue when you shared a name with the author of the work you’re in, and were the one dude who knew entirely what was going on.
I finally finished Silas Marner; pleasantly written, but thin. Not much there there.
I made great spanakopita this weekend, and biked, and hiked, and played frisbee. I was productive, too—I achieved in 2 hours what would have likely taken me a day to a day and a half had I been in the office. This is consistent.
I was sent this link, which made my day.
I played concertina, I sang. I began to learn a new song, Farewell to Nova Scotia.
And yet, I still feel the pull of the East as strong as ever.