Today is dreary and overcast

[conuly]

And I love it. The walls of my attic no longer feel like the house is suffering from a fever.

Tomorrow is the Richmond County Fair. I should bring food. Oooh, I wonder if I have time to bake a pie...?

Also also, Mark Rosenfelder is accepting beta readers for the first draft of the Syntax Construction Kit. If this sounds right up your alley, have fun!

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