My brother is due to visit me later today and I'll be visiting our parents tomorrow. A good natter (putting the world to right), a proper English lunch and a short walk in the countryside. It's all very pleasant.

HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE

On Eyam Moor
You'd miss the stone circle
If it wasn't for the sign.

In the village
Tourists view
The Plague Cottages.

Their God
Will protect them
For a few generations
More this time.

In my ignorance
I look for another sign.

I had to remember to go offline at nine o'clock last night so that I could watch CSI Miami on TV. Apart from 'Lost' it's the only drama series I regularly watch. I love watching Horatio, the lead character, he's just so creepy. I actually prefer the original CSI though (set in Las Vegas) with the wonderfully Zen and minimalist Gil Grissom in charge.

THE FOGGIEST OF WAR

In his report
the censors
censored it
when he reported
that it had
been censored.