“Then lies him down the lubber-fiend/And, stretch’d out all the chimney’s length,/Basks at the fire”

A few personal items:

I've long envied my father's bushy eyebrows, even before they grew into impressive grandfatherly decorations. Recently, my own thin ones sprouted a few long strands that, if more follow, will become brows that are at least visible. Welcome, middle age, have a seat -- ah, I see you've already taken one.

What is up with the sudden current fashion in car colors for flat, unsaturated earth tones -- greys, tans, and muddy browns? And it's all the manufacturers, too -- I've even seen a battleship-grey Tesla.

Has anybody seen Spike Milligan's The Great McGonagall (IMDB)? Is it worth tracking down?

---L.

Subject quote from L'Allegro, John Milton.