Time

18 hours ago: sitting in the middle of a restaurant, buzzing and laughing as we celebrated a friends birthday in fine style.

15 hours ago: watching the first new Buffy in five weeks with good friends from Salem, enjoying fine writing and plot twists.

12 hours ago: lost somewhere in the Dreaming.

9 hours ago: eyes cracking one as the alarm rang, cursing my lack of sleep, lying in a daze.

6 hours ago: sitting at my desk, the usual morning doldrums weighing heavy on me, trying to cheer others up and trying to be cheered in turn.

3 hours ago: walking through downtown Boston with another cool friend. Heavy conversations, a light lunch, a sunny but slight chill day.

Now: Collecting my thoughts in tiny sentences, and preparing to depart.

3 hours from now: on my way to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds!