No catching up yet, unfortunately. I seem to be getting back into words slowly.

Last night was odd. I ran into my sister, my nephew's girlfriend, and my niece's boyfriend, at the same club -- so we had half of each couple there. Before that, though, there was an interlude of watching several people try the technique of denying things repeatedly, in the hopes that by saying, "I wasn't there/I would never do that/it wasn't me" often enough, they would somehow sway the memories of multiple witnesses.

(Ugly, irritating, unnecessary. But one of the effects was also reconciliation with a friend, and mutual resolutions not to be quite as extreme around each other as we have been, so that's good.)

This week should be full of people, new and old, wandering through my evenings. I shall have to work at times to write; but I think I can find them.