Effort
R and I went to Slimbridge this morning, to collect the Boy Wonder and bring him home for a couple of days: “How many nights?” “Two.” “So I’m not going home tomorrow?” “No.” “Good!” I like to celebrate these little exchanges … Continued
Insulation
R and I went to Compton Verney today, to see the exhibition Bruegel to Rembrandt, which I enjoyed very much. We also had a decent salad lunch in the café, and then I left R catching up on emails and … Continued
Chiaroscuro
R and I went to London today, leaving from Warwick Parkway just after the end of the expensive commuter timetable on a train rammed with fellow oldies, to see the exhibition Wright of Derby at the National Gallery. It was … Continued
Immaculate
We suffered another stomach-lurching dip in the weather rollercoaster today – unexpectedly because it was far worse than forecast, and upsettingly given the number of inverts which have recently been lulled into emergence by a false sense of spring, and … Continued
Lesser lesson
I don’t have much to say about today: it was cold and dark, and R and I – who had to spend the morning and the first half of the afternoon dealing with the kind of tedious, irritating domestic nonsense … Continued