1 The news of the day: the washing-machine no longer works. It has packed up. The drum refuses to turn. The water refuses to go away. Instead, I fear, there will be water on the floor when I open the door as a step towards recovering the water-logged items which lie inert in the machine. The machine is probably ten years young. But what can you expect these days. I'll just have to go back to the old ways.
2 And your news about a Wall. Two walls this year, one that has come down, and one that stretches for unimaginable distances and, though abandoned, has not come down. The wall that has come down remains in the mind. I wonder about the wall that still endures. To what extent is it in the minds of the people. What is the impact of the wall upon the lives of those who are able to say 'We built it'.
2.1 Of course, there will be picture-books in plenty, some of them (perhaps) with English text. Pictures of the Wall in faraway parts of the country, pictures of the Wall in mountainous country, in flatlands, in sunshine, during the night. Perhaps you could bring back one such book. A book of post-cards, of the kind which will allow scanning and thus of the kind which can be used to illustrate your talk to the Justice and Peace group and to the Injustice and War group as well.
3 A day off today. A late car-ride to my chum who lives north of Westerham in the heart, so it seems of the North Downs. In recent years, I have visited about once a year. Yet the visits remain easy: we pick up the conversation where we left it. He too reflects, muses, ponders, and constructs frameworks. We are not so much concerned with the answer as with the way of thinking about an answer or perhaps thinking about what an answer would look like, or even should look like.
3.1 A visit to Quebec House in Westerham, the home of the Wolfe family, of General Wolfe, father to the well-known Major-General Wolfe, the one whose army defeated the French and their allies on the Plains of Abraham. And the date?
4 SSAFA, credit union - the jobs are just piling up. I did the ironing today, and went visiting, so there will be all the more to do tomorrow.
5 And I chaired the first half of the FRBC AGM. Martin sends his regards. Mary was there. The Club added £266 to its money in the bank during the last six months. When the meeting discussed the subscription for the coming year, there was a proposal to continue with £10. I spoke against and proposed £3. Martin seconded my proposal, one which won the vote.
6 And so, lady-adventurer, it's time for bed. Time enough to think about a washing machine tomorrow, together with a train ticket to Chippenham next Tuesday, and the booking of an appointment with the dentist as the filling has come out, and the additions to June Vincent's FSA form, and further thinking about the onetime RSM who looked skeletal in his nursing-home bed when I visited him yesterday. What do do?
7 And the Maypole AGM. How do you find the time to go on holiday? Tell me.
Stayathome.
2.1 Of course, there will be picture-books in plenty, some of them (perhaps) with English text. Pictures of the Wall in faraway parts of the country, pictures of the Wall in mountainous country, in flatlands, in sunshine, during the night. Perhaps you could bring back one such book. A book of post-cards, of the kind which will allow scanning and thus of the kind which can be used to illustrate your talk to the Justice and Peace group and to the Injustice and War group as well.
3 A day off today. A late car-ride to my chum who lives north of Westerham in the heart, so it seems of the North Downs. In recent years, I have visited about once a year. Yet the visits remain easy: we pick up the conversation where we left it. He too reflects, muses, ponders, and constructs frameworks. We are not so much concerned with the answer as with the way of thinking about an answer or perhaps thinking about what an answer would look like, or even should look like.
3.1 A visit to Quebec House in Westerham, the home of the Wolfe family, of General Wolfe, father to the well-known Major-General Wolfe, the one whose army defeated the French and their allies on the Plains of Abraham. And the date?
4 SSAFA, credit union - the jobs are just piling up. I did the ironing today, and went visiting, so there will be all the more to do tomorrow.
5 And I chaired the first half of the FRBC AGM. Martin sends his regards. Mary was there. The Club added £266 to its money in the bank during the last six months. When the meeting discussed the subscription for the coming year, there was a proposal to continue with £10. I spoke against and proposed £3. Martin seconded my proposal, one which won the vote.
6 And so, lady-adventurer, it's time for bed. Time enough to think about a washing machine tomorrow, together with a train ticket to Chippenham next Tuesday, and the booking of an appointment with the dentist as the filling has come out, and the additions to June Vincent's FSA form, and further thinking about the onetime RSM who looked skeletal in his nursing-home bed when I visited him yesterday. What do do?
7 And the Maypole AGM. How do you find the time to go on holiday? Tell me.
Stayathome.
1 comment:
Sorry to hear about the washing machine. I do hope you are not contemplating giving that up too and returning to the scrubbing board.
Be careful of the jobs they can haunt you at night.
Good to hear you are having some visits out too.
Post a Comment