Thanks for the good wishes, J! And I'm glad you enjoyed "All the Little Gods We Are" -- it's a favourite of mine, too.

I am so impressed with your intestinal fortitude and recuperative powers. They grow them tough in Scotland.)

I wouldn't overstate this. I'm pottering around the house doing, at best, little bouts of stuff before tiring and having to flop in an armchair. Pam's the one who's working her socks off at the moment.