(A poor substitute for a) Furrowed Middlebrow Dozen 2024

Well, obviously this blog hasn't exactly become a hive of activity since my "return" last month. The rather sweltering Lisbon summer should have made staying indoors and furiously blogging a natural thing to do, but instead on many days it seems to leave me incapable of anything but draping myself across the furniture and reading. (In all fairness, the heat here is at least dry, so it could be…