Apparently, the rain several days ago washed away all signs of those strange insects. They must have been some type of bug not indigenous to this region, accidently relocated through some produce shipment from another country. I still though, do not understand how those wing fragments made their way into the house. I have a collection of twenty four of them in various stages of disintegration. It is also very interesting how the slight, red incandescence produced when exposed to light is now completely absent, as though some life force still present in the wing expired. Over all, I do feel more at ease. A close friend of mine who operates a rare book and manuscript store has agreed to keep my journals and other work in the vault where he secures his most valued and obscure documents, parchments and antiquities. He has never shown me the inside of the vault before, but he has been a very reputable and trusted member of the community of non-mundane researchers and scholars of the para-symbolic arts for over thirty years. It is rumored that he even holds a twelfth century, hand-copied scroll from the forbidden texts of Abdul Alhazard. After spending the entire morning with him over many cups of coffee, he convinced me that I need to step away and get a new perspective on my work to date. He stated that he is very use to creative types who delve into arcane subject matter and that dedication to one's WORK can easily mutate into compulsive obsession, especially after thirteen years. He also stated that my work is breaking new ground and that I have an intense, overactive imagination aggravated by sleep deprivation and need to stop trying to connect every strand of daily occurrences to a supernatural conspiracy bent on preventing the publishing of my journals. Prior to archiving my work in his vault, I intend to coat each page with a gloss of bee's wax, lavender lacquer and sunflower pollen. I do not want any possible contaminates in my books to spread to any of his more important items stored next to my novice investigations.
