It's pronounced, for the record, ra-veesh, and not ravish, which I never noticed it has the same spelling as until this comment and then I laughed and laughed and laughed. Of course he was in to Baudelaire.

Anyway.

"calamity of life" -- that's exactly it really, and I don't even mean it as a bad thing, just a sense of it feels like it's all just this big jumbled crashing. Anyway, welcome. I'm visiting with my partner and her parents right now before she heads off on another dig, so I'm much quieter than usual online, but I'll be back soon.