On Mass and a new book prospectus
I have almost always been monotone, though it seems to have got better recently. So I don’t usually sing for Mass (or learn foreign tongues easily).
“One will be taken. One will be left,” the Pastor quoted the New Testament. It reminded me of one of Samuel Beckett’s lines to the effect of there being “twin demons of success and failure.”
The pastor said something like “enjoy waiting,” which seemed odd but also profound.
On my new novella project, my publisher has accepted the prospectus, and I hope to have it finished by year-end. It will be about a U.S. senator and his wife.