Hey, y'all, David here. Thanks for listening. Just wanted to drop a quick programming note at the beginning of this episode. First of all, at the end of this episode, we had some tech problems, so we don't end it in the normal way. Just wanted to let you know that. To expect that, we are going to fade this episode out at the end.

Your programming note, however, is that today on August 15th, we have an episode as normal.

Next week on August 22nd, we're going to have an episode with just Tim and I,

because Heidi is on vacation in Switzerland with her husband, Scott.

So she's getting to go on this grand adventure.

The week after that, on August 29th, we'll have an episode with just Heidi and I,

because Tim is going on his own grand adventure as he and Galen go on their honeymoon to Scotland.

So I just wanted to let you know about that.

The weekend after that, we will be recording the final episode on Loris,

which will be all three of us back together again.

And then we'll be back together again for the Q&A.

So I just wanted to let you know that

so you can be prepared. And in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this episode. Thanks so much for listening.

Hello, I'm David Kern. I'm Heidi White. And I'm Tim McIntosh. You're listening to Close Reads,

a podcast for the Incurable Reader, on which we are discussing Eugene Leloshkin's novel, Loris.

We're going to discuss pages roughly 109 through 180, 180, yeah.

So it's at the end of the section.

First, though, Tim, Heidi, how's it going? You're both on the precipice of great vacations. So how are you feeling?

I feel great, but I feel really excited for Tim. He's going on his honeymoon to Scotland.

I'm on a, uh, it's going to be a haggis free honeymoon because I've had haggis before and that mess is nasty.

Okay. Wow. I defy. Yeah, I'm coming out hot. Yeah. You're just throwing it down.

Any if the haggis lobby has anything to, if Big Haggis has anything to say. Yeah, it's called the country of Scotland, Tim.

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