Word count: only about 700 more than it was last time I said (end of last week)! The sabbatical is starting to take effect; I’m beginning to relax more fundamentally than I have in many years; and right now I don’t think trying to “achieve” the book is what God wants me to do – so I’m spending a lot of time just fiddling, watching TV, reading books (for myself and to the kids) playing Bejeweled Blitz(!) and stuff like that. I’m sure I’ll come back to hard work before too long but for now, this seems like the right and holy course. It means I can write a bit more on the blog as well, which is fun 🙂