under another sun

Mahatma in a London Square Tired and coldy, but off to the smoke. Decided to get the train to Embankment and walk up, and arrived on time and pleasantly refreshed. Just before I reached the office happened upon PK personal favourite Desi B outside a cafe. Hugs and chats. Very good to see her. She and her colleague were about to attend a course on email marketing, which I thought Desiree could have given herself. Had a quiet day. Pat and the FB in Spain. I just simply got on with a few things quietly and chatted to April. At lunch crept out and got a sandwich and lurked in Tavistock Square taking the photos below. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in its centre, and in one corner a bust of Virginia Woolf. Also a big block of stone to remember Conscientious Objectors, and a cherry tree planted in the fifties to remember victims of the atomic bombs in Japan. Home late, bumping into neighbours Jen and Martin as I was taking rubbish out. Calliope going far afield now, and following me out into the...

Lakshmi in London Hobbled from work off to a new and excellent back-cracker, who had me able to perform owl-like head swivels within half an hour. Took the opportunity to quiz her on skeletons while she was at her cracking and stretching work. After work off into the west end. London looking briefly sunny and fine in the sun, the buses extra red and the sky extra blue. Opposite Charing Cross station I bumped into my old pal Desi B who I'd not seen for about four years. We chatted on the street for about 20 minutes and it was very good to see her. By a strange quirk of fate she is working with Mex my ex-wife. She made me laugh when she explained with some vehemence that the marjority of single men over 30 are gay, whether they knew it or not. Then to the Salisbury where I met Lakshmi who, over a vodka and orange, discussed the rubbishness of the Pusscat Dolls and Posh Spice and corrected me on an urbane matter of PG Wodehouse scholarship. We then went to strap on the nosebag at a ne...