The return of Mycroft (from 20,000 fathoms)

Mes amis.... no, fear not, its not Maurice, its me, Mycroft. It's safe to come out from hiding now...

Not much blogging recently as have been organising... stuff... to do with the commonwealth heads of government meeting in Perth. Can't really comment on that at this moment, or indeed at any other moment. Some things will just have to stay opaque.

But the main point here is that this hasn't left me much leisure to do internetting... or much else indeed. And I've been in Perth -- away from my humble abode in Canberra, my library, my cellar...

But back in Canberra now. Maurice-free since December 2010! Quite an achievement. I'm proud, in any case.

I bought plenty of wine in Burgundy ... you might all remember my trip there earlier in the year ... and that was arriving back in dribs and drabs by surface mail for months afterwards. But I got some good stuff ... '55 Clos Vougeot? I bought several magnums. I also got a few nice bottles of a '78 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru ... yummy.

But Julia said I should stop boasting about my wine cellar, so that's it for now (though I think that's because she's secretly envious ... and because I wouldn't open my last bottle of '34 Romanée-Conti for her ... but we'll pass over that in silence. What cannot be said here will not be spoken of!)

I'm starting to make plans for 2012. A trip to Italy is a must. Lots of trips to the US, but that's not personal, it's business. No, again, I can't speak of that here. I'm also debating starting on a scholarly autobiography ... 'Life and times of an intellectual civil servant', but probably wouldn't get clearance to publish it. Eh ...

Back to the present -- seems Maurice (my 'geynius' brother) has forgotten the grape harvest at his Italian and Spanish estates. How long should we wait till we remind him? Just need to wait long enough for the vintage to be an almost irreparable disaster ... so any day now?

Graetings form Perth

Well, mes amis, Mhwrÿse was just beginning to get used to this "Daylight Shavings" thing in Coober Pedy. Just, though it still not good is. Well, he now in Perth is. What a drive it so far has been! Merriçe, he did not rememember that teh dirve from Sindey to Melbourne, it so long was!!1! Still, Mÿrouwçe he sure is that he in Melbroune will wery soon now be.

Anyway, he enjoying his dirve much has been, and he has teh Truck been likinating. he thinks that this, maybe it he will keep!!! He thinks it a wery good way for a geynius like Mjeruuse to around get is.

Mes amis, teh ONE , little porblem Mwaruise has been havingk is to remember whether in Australialaial they on teh right or teh left hand side of teh road drivinate? A trivial detail for a geynius like Merese, but one which bothers him still. Still, for teh moment he alternating between teh two is. ONE of them, it right has to be!!