Up and functioning at eight, did laundry, headed out for coffee and reading. Got through a chapter and a bit of my Chinese history – Jonathan Spence’s Search for Modern China. Up to the Xi’an incident with the Communists and Nationalists deciding if they should fight each other or the Japanese. Hard to say how much of it is sinking in when I’m just reading it and not actually using or discussing it. This is a general problem, one of the reasons I’d like to get back into an academic environment. Maybe.
Generally sluggish day actually, hayfever was really hitting me. Did quite a bit more reading in the afternoon though – Second World War just ended – and am about to go out for a bracing walk. And take the beer empties to the recycling.
