I ate'nt dead
My old computer is, though.
I have foolishly got another one; and will, at some point, rewrite the next newsletter. The draft wasn’t automatically backed up, but this is no great loss. If there was anything of value in it, then it will reemerge better for a longer gestation.
In the meantime, have some Laozi (chapter 6):
The valley spirit does not die.
Call her dark dell.
Dark dell’s gateways,
Call them sky and earth’s roots,
Are delicate.
Delicate, but they seem to survive.
Their use is no toil.
Image: Mother Shipton by Andrew Beeken (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Ah, good. I'm not dead yet either. Nice to have something in common with someone.
The only downside about your survival is that we might have otherwise formed a conspiracy theory around your death. Well, maybe next time!