My mother Diane is on MySpace now. She'll be visiting China next month, so perhaps she'll post photos. Keep in touch.

I've been in better spirits lately. Blue phases come and go, but my enthusiasm mounts for next week's work. Threads connecting, doubts unravelling, plans bearing fruit -- even if it all goes spectacularly wrong, we'll have microphones there to record the chaos. And I do love the sound of chaos ...