Friday's for friends
Feeling free and happy this first of the month. Lorraine had to get up early and go off to school for a morning meeting, and the gorgeous thing brought me a cup of tea before she went. Thus refreshed, I sauntered out of bed to the news that one of my poems 1,000 miles from sea was in London Grip . It's one of the Chad ones, but not one that describes the conditions too much. Then I walked into town and met Alex Pearson at the Marwood, after failing to do so yesterday. Lorraine and I met Alex after the concert Eleni and Glen's last Brighton concert. Alex has lived in China for decades, and is a bracingly entrepreneurial person with an MBE, currently teaching business at the university, but busy hatching other plans. We talked for hours and ended up having a bite to eat at the cafe too. Definitely someone I'd like to keep in touch with. Home and Lorraine back. After a bit, we drove off to collect Innis and Rosie and zoom over to Dawn's house in Steyning. Anton ...