I've done eight of the labours of Hercules. I found the last of my tax and will post it tomorrow on the way to teaching. I've got one pile to go, but the worst is done. I've even done most of the work associated with most of the piles, *and* I've set up more space for holding cookbooks and maybe found a solution to my rug problem (not that I admitted I had a rug propblem, until I found a possible solution).

My lounge room still looks a bit burdened with paper, but I can't do anything else until after the teaching section of the week is over. I'm pretty sure that I've taken care of all the urgent stuff, though. This is just as well, given I didn't get to lunchtime until 3 pm and haven't so much as begun to tackle the problem of my kitchen yet. The problem of my kitchen is dirty dishes.

PS When I needed a break I bottled last year's medlar liqueur. This made just enough space in my library so that I can make and store more liqueur. This is entirely essential, because fresh medlars are coming my way very shortly. Very, very shortly. Pialligo Apples might have some left after I've bought half the crop - you'll have to ring and ask, though.