It feels like I've been off to another planet. It was called Holiday, and how fresh and light-filled it was. Highly recommended: five stars. Eucalypts. Sky. Water. Don't you love that seasonal turning point of welcoming the sun into the room? Lots of reading, lots of writing. I didn't venture far from home but did manage to walk along a beach. It was one of those timeless walks into everything. Looking back on it, it was the last day of our odd, prolonged summer. Today's a perfect day to get back to work: rain, wind and probably some snow in them there hills. Time to hunker down. So send me a story. Run your idea past me. Pass me the baton.