How can three pretty sedentary days have left me with so little energy? How did those 72 hours pass so quickly? And how is it that there are still episodes of Law and Order I haven’t seen?
Yes, I was a slug for much of the Labor Day weekend, catching up on reading, emulating the cats’ energy level, and firing out a column between naps.
In the reading stack was the latest digest of Case Closed. It was the least satisfying volume so far, because the main mystery of the collection was pretty much insoluble without a completely unexpected, last-minute revelation. The characters are still appealing, but the “oh, did I forget to mention” technique killed a lot of the fair-play fun.
Much more satisfying was Joann Sfar’s The Rabbi’s Cat (Pantheon). I’m planning to prattle on about it at length later, but it’s generally wonderful, just the kind of armchair travel I’ve been looking for.