etc.

We’ve been battling all manner of critters since our last chat. The scampering in the walls began a couple of weeks after we moved in and foolishly, we assumed transience. Then we found the stiffened carcass of squirrel in the furnace and misguidedly, we assumed comeuppance. All wrong assumptions of course. We’re hoping that most of the problem was taken care of today when the pest control folks spent 3 hours in and around our chimney, coaxing the hibernating beast out, and covering smaller squirrel-sized holes with one-way doors. And since I was present for most of the extrication, there are pictures, they just haven’t been uploaded yet.

Unrelatedly, I’ve added the 20 volume OED to my wishlist.

So there you have it.