Quite aware that this sketchpad has taken a turn to the maudlin, but it can't be helped. Seeing the battle to come, one is obliged to at least make note of the fact.
Normal service will resume shortly. Currently plowing though some things on Frege for a seminar that I'm eavesdropping on, the daily lectionary essay revisions are proceeding apace, and the two or three other projects in my "desk" file (as opposed to my "second desk" file, and I think a "third desk," or perhaps a "credence table" might have to be added) are a bit quiet at the moment, but the trajectory is set. Very glad to have edited and published the Balkans ebook before the peregrination ended.