Flighty
R had to go into Stratford this morning, and as I was feeling light and skittish after yesterday’s superhuman assault on the admin mountain I decided to go along too. While he was having blood tests done at the hospital, … 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
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
Shakespeare country
R and I went to the cinema today – we think quite possibly for the first time since the pandemic – to see Hamnet. It was outstanding – lyrical, beautiful, and heartbreaking – and I wept through quite a bit … 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
Chocolate-headed Laughing Gull
I was going to caption the image “scabby”, but decided that this would be unfair: it’s not the gull’s fault that I caught it mid-moult into its breeding plumage, and if we’re talking complexions, mine is nothing to write home … Continued
