It was a pivotal day. For my illness, the cat’s sickness, and in what passes for finance around here, among other things. I got the trash out and damn near all of it; full can and that’s rare. Wednesday early there’s teeth getting cleaned, and after that, and maybe a nap, it feels like life can begin again.

In between on the NPR I heard a brief mention of the fact that the real person behind the fictional character named Seldom Seen Smith passed on yesterday, joining the people behind the other major characters. So here is a quick link to the central Abbey novel where all that went down just as sure as the level of “Lake” Powell.

E61 — Ecological Noir — The Monkey Wrench Gang

I don’t know yet if it’s any good. The podcast I mean–the book is stellar. But I will and maybe you too.