This weekend, Mr. Rouse is doing his own thing: leading his own quartet with John Hicks on piano, Santi DeBriano on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums, and playing his own compositions.

In setting up his hut, he gives no heed to the customary consideration of geomancy in the Chinese tradition of feng shui: I built my house without consulting any diviners.

a bayish horse

This is the best limit on the capacity of unchunked working memory.