Today
Today has been spent in a pretty solitary fashion. I woke at eight and pressed the button on our Sony radio alarm to listen to the morning news. That device is quite miraculous. It has served us faithfully for thirty six years. There has been no reason to replace it. I wonder if it will just keep going forever. Downstairs in my dressing gown I fried two eggs and ate them with two slices of wholemeal toast - washed down with my customary pint mug of breakfast tea. On to the desktop computer to check out blogs and other favourite sites. Surfing the internet can be like a drug habit. See later Mid-morning I phoned my brother Simon. It can feel like walking on eggshells. He flared up when I gently reminded him about nourishment and hydration. I also phoned our son Ian in London. He had just come back from a gym session. We talked about his horse chestnut tree and other stuff such as his week's holiday in Lisbon, Portugal. He's flying out there with his girlfriend, Sarah, a...
