'Your people have finally fallen into history,' he said.

'The rest of us are already here.'

An artist just sent out an email titled, simply, “Apologies.” His website plug-in switched off back in December and he hasn’t been able to process sales of prints of Nativity icons. I like the thought of people buying Nativity icons in February, though.

On my to-do list, under a scribbled note to look up website costs, I have written out a Jenny Offill q…