Saturday, 12th. September 2026

It is very calm out there, and reasonably quiet to boot. No sun and clouds are moving very slowly across the sky despite being quite high, altostratus or perhaps even cirrostratus, but I am no expert in nephology – the science of clouds. There is little or no chance of rain but, looking to the west, I can see the clouds are white because they are breaking up and thinning out, not enough for blue sky but enough for a bright and perhaps even sunny afternoon. Anyway, I find myself thinking about my old 7-inch singles – and the intricate mesh of connections between them.