Right so my French course has ended. I survived, and the next level is in October. All I have to do is refresh and use what I’ve learned occasionally between now and then. One reason I broke down and took the course is so that I could look at some of the source material for 19th century OC/IC historical research – not all of it is translated into English or German.

Last week – we set the time aside to knock off editing the last chapters of Das Elefant (a.k.a – the PhD thesis from hell). This was successful, but now I’m rather anxiously awaiting a response from my supervisor. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel? I bloody well hope so!

This by way of saying I’ve got a back-log of posts and post ideas to sift through and write up, some of them might seem a bit out of sync with your sense of the progression of time but I still think they’re worth a visit.

Normal service is resuming – thanks for your patience.