apparently, according to online astrology mercury is in retrograde (so communication is interrupted) ... the comm lag between me & godfrey is like an interstellar radio conversation.

more self analysis in the back garden. 2 red & white plastic chairs among 2 guava trees in fruit. godfrey notices the old pear tree bore a single rotting fruit...

the sci-fi i'm reading has space gypsies as protagonists - 'a forest of stars'... madonna declares (in 'sticky&sweet') "i'm a gypsy @ heart"; prince expounded on his gemini nature in 'lion of judah': "2 gypsy beggars, who only by grace came to b a star (a superstar!)" ...