under another sun

Podcast upload day. Listened to the episode first thing this morning, and made a couple of last minute tweaks before Robin uploaded it and I wrote the blurb. Also, happily, I secured my next guest. Sarah called around to see Lorraine and have a spot of lunch. She brought a pot of sweet peas with her. Lorraine loving showing her around the garden. Sarah, whose koi have bred, suggested there was too much weed in our fish pond, so I will remove even more. Lorraine's Bolney friends are proving to be trusty mates even now Lorraine is no longer the village head teacher. Lorraine spent some of the evening cooking in preparation for going to Ashford. I however, slipped off to Brighton, where I met Anton at the station, he having just returned from a work trip to Leamington Spa. Turns out that at lunch he had gone to a pub that I am fairly certain was once The Commonwealth Club -- where I did my first ever poetry reading just shy of 41 years ago.  Good to catch up. Anton had been on work re...

Had a new idea for a new short story this morning. Sat in the kitchen this morning and wrote it, and  by the end of the day I had a complete first draft. It is horror, and I am very pleased with it. I seem to be mining experiences I had in my early twenties for material. I spent the whole day working on it, apart from a trip to the gym. It is called What You Look For, a nd based on the layout of a house I shared on Tatchbrook Road in Leamington Spa, with added horror of course. Below meanwhile, in Leeds, Jade was becoming a Doctor, here with Sam.