under another sun

Set off this morning in the car, Lorraine driving us to Elstree where we met Mum and Mas, to celebrate Mason's 86th birthday. Our rendezvous was the Waggon and Horses, where we sat outside again. The weather was good, fortunately, and chatted in a good socially distanced way. I am kicking myself that I did not take any photos however, as we were too busy chatting. The people who run the pub are really friendly, and the same woman was there who helped us last time. She is super friendly and helpful. Lorraine and Mas had some big sandwiches and mum had a vegan stew and rice, and I had a cheeky chicken burger and fries. Mas in good spirits, and telling Lorraine about the early days of movies in Hollywood. The lady in the pub brought Mas a bowl of various ice creams with a candle in it too, which he enjoyed. Lovely to be able to hang out again, after lockdown. Sad to say goodbye, and start the drive home. Although I did not photograph Mum and Mas on his birthday, I did  get the c...

A bit of a disastrous morning. Got up early to prep for an interview I was doing for the podcast, then after a great deal of technical difficulty and delay managed to linked up with my subject, and do the interview, only to download the recording of it afterwards to discover that my part of the interview had not recorded at all. Unbelievable. The software has one job, to record two people talking. Humiliating. I had to send an email to request a repeat interview and heard nothing back. Gah! Felt like a huge idiot, and a waste of a morning. A chat with Mum at lunchtime, then Lorraine drove me to the osteopath this afternoon. He assured me I was much more flexible than when I had first arrived a few weeks ago. So I agreed to let him liberate some more cash from the much assailed Fort Knox of my wallet. Stole across the road to Betty and Amy's place, where Lorraine was waiting. Amy is a good egg, and she and Beth bring out a lovely playful side to each other. Lorraine and I then...