1 Faraway, but close. In touch. There's much going on here in England - England, Eng-land - which you know about. It's all in the papers. So (i) have a look at Timesonline.co.uk for Thursday and read the piece about Thailand by the onetime Asia editor. Then, go to The Independent's website and read the piece, in today's paper, by Robert McKittrick about Northern Ireland. Having swimmed, I took my tea and the Independent and read.
1.1 And I realised that looking at the newspapers' websites is the obvious way of reading the papers when one is far away. The thought hadn't occurred to me; how odd that it didn't. By now, the first thought must be 'Look at the web'; but, notwithstanding years of familiarity, it wasn't.
2 Many thanks for the card. What a nice idea. And so much to the point. It's the rhythm, the cadence, which one must attend to. The steady turn of the legs, the steady rhythm in the water - the steadiness. Remember that - the steadiness. So, in the pool or on the road (on that dubious Thai-made bike) just settle in for the steady application.
3 I've arranged to visit a detainee later this afternoon. The visit will be a first one this year. I wonder if I'll remember how to do it. We'll see. And I have it in mind to cycle there. The day looks promising. It's just a matter of doing it.
4 As I have a meeting of the online group at Worth tomorrow after the 0930 Mass - I must remember to bring something to eat - I shall be able to return from Tinsley in time to listen, at 1700, to Rusalka, a performance from the Met. Having read about the opera, I recall that I overlooked it when it appeared in a ROH repetoire; I expect that having heard Act 1 I will be ready to overlook my mis-judgement and just as ready to look out for the opera.
Stayathome
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