things seem to be looking up in dreamland; my assassins, usually appalling, must be on vacation, and there is more flying, and less falling; the big green puddle coming from under the refrigerator receded on its own, and the wild fox running around on the living room floor found his own way out through an imaginary cat door, which is why I didn’t get up this morning at the usual time, but turned over again and dove back in for more.