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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Pottery workshop, making the Chrysler gargoyle

10.6.17 I went to pottery workshop organised by Fran Bailey, and tried to make a gargoyle of the Chrysler building. The general theme was to do a bird on top of a pedestal. I got it nearly finished as a single piece and then dropped it so I had to start again and decided that it would be better made in three parts, five separately and then clicked together. Let's hope that they still fit together when the clay has shrunk and been fired.

Sunday, June 4, 2017

A walk in the woods on 4 June

Usually, Sally stays in bed, but she made a big effort to get up today and I made an equally big effort to push her up the hill to the woods above the house.

Monday, May 22, 2017

Dik, Amber, Mike, Penny dinner 22.5.17

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Cycle around Bennerley viaduct

6.5.17 Raleigh invited people to go out and enjoy a 6 mile ride on electric pedal bikes to Bennerley viaduct and back. I am already convinced about Ebikes, and these new technology ones are pretty good.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Dinner at the balti

25.2.17 Dinner at the balti in Birmingham with Desmond, Kathy, Daphne

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Friday, December 30, 2016

Christmas 2016 with family

Christmas 2016 with students

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Doublebill opera by Puccini

18 November 2016: This Night out at the Theatre Royal was a double bill of opera in one act each by Puccini. First one was Trabarro and second one was Suor Angelica.
Trabarro is set on a barge, and the young wife is out of love with Michele the husband who is twice her age. She is having an affair with one of the stevedores, Luigi. There is a lot of soul-searching, but at the end, the husband discovers Luigi and kills him and then reveals the dead body to Gorgetta. The second opera is set in a nunnery, and it is very strict. Sister Angelica is happy but she has a sad secret. She keeps thinking about the son that she left behind seven years ago with her family. She is also an expert with herbal medicines. A rich princess turns up who is in fact her aunt and head of the family to announce that her sister is due to be married. She has a document which is to try to disinherit Angelica from any claim. She points out to Angelica that her son died two years ago. She then departs. Angelica is so racked with grief that eventually she takes one of her own herbal poisons and dies, with her body going to heaven and meeting her son. This is very cleverly done with the son being photographically displayed, not a boy running onto the stage.
We met with the Harms at half time.

Katharyn meeting in Rugby

20 November 2016: Katharyn Davies has just flown in from America, Landing Heathrow at 7 AM and getting to Rugby in time for a lunch appointment at 12:30. Excellent timing! First meal together since 2001 and many memories of 1971 and 1972.