Kawaii

Up after a good night's sleep to work first thing on the new long new poem which I did off and on all morning, when not having breakfast doing a few emails, organising a haircut and similar bits of minor admin. The poem is progressing well, if slowly. Went for a walk around lunchtime, and mooched about under a blue sky down by the sea for a bit. As I returned home, Lorraine, Pat and Maureen were in the car, and I met them in Pomegranate cafe for a spot of lunch. Lorraine and I had very nice sourdough toast, with smoked salmon and avocado. Maureen taking her hearing aid out as soon as we they got inside, so I had to communicate in sign language. Pleasant folks there though. Lorraine then took them shopping in Seaford, Maureen buying herself lots of earrings, and I mooched home to happily preparing for some podcast recordings later this week. Researching Kawaii , or the Japanese culture of Cuteness, after reading excellent poems about cuteness by Isabel Galleymore. Cuteness,...