Our Hallowe’en wasn’t worth mentioning so let’s skip that.

I suppose everyone in town knows that the Carter House is being sold. I wouldn’t have the nerve to buy a hotel in Eureka but hopefully someone will. Best of luck to Mr Carter, now in Tennessee, and thank for keeping the property up.

GLASGOW! The most interesting small city I have ever been in. The news this week has made me nostalgic. The damn networks are showing Edinburgh instead of Glasgow. What’s up with that ? Can’ t they afford a two-hour train ride? Glasgow is an amazing, quirky city . Only place I ever had a cabbie return a tip because he was a good Socialist. Glasgow used to send a Communist to Parliament regularly, don’t know about now.

DAVE GROHL’S book– Chris came home from COSTCO with a copy of The Storyteller , a funny warm memoir about parenthood from the frontman of the Foo Fighters. Stocked at COSTCO before Christmas! How clever! Remember when All Things Must Pass came out right before Christmas and we all bought it for our moms? Those were the days.