Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, who died yesterday. One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, and one of the most optimistic. I'm grateful we still have his books.

The lines that came to mind are these from ‘Slaughterhouse 5’:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can
And wisdom always to tell the difference.

And this: ‘One thing that Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones.’

First Hunter Thompson, then Saul Bellow, then KV. Too many of my favourite authors disappearing in the last few years.

So it goes.