I have a feeling this book is going to be a little longer…and the fish that will not die…

the book…longer than the last one, I mean. It's just feeling that way, in the pacing.

But we'll see. Sometimes pace is difficult to predict, even with a close outline.

The fish: it's been off-again on-again with the weather today, warm, then icy chill and raining, then sun-warm again.

We've had one poor fish that developed a fungus, a very bad one that's eroded his fins somewhat, and sheeted thickly over his back, and then turned green with algae. This happens because the bacteria wake up...