2009 — 22 February: Sunday
Heigh ho; time for tonight's picture of Christa. One of my very earliest from around June 1974, and taken in the car park of ICL Beaumont one morning:
Christa in the ICL Beaumont carpark, 1974
G'night at about 00:15 or so. Need some sleep before I hit the supplies trail...
Good morning, sunshine!
It's 10:45 and I've been up and about for some time. The barometer is high. The laundry is doing its thing. The breakfast is nearly loaded. I have more or less formulated my next foody shopping list, and will sneak out while I predict most people will be having their Sunday lunches.
I've also been (re)thinking my A/V system, and have concluded that I may shall keep the DVDO scaler in the loop, as it were. Ruminations may continue. It's 11:44 and seems to be getting a bit cloudy. It's also cool, but that's because I have the window open, the heating is off, and I'm sitting here in a short-sleeved shirt.
Nicely put...
From an interview today:
Have you ever had therapy?
Yes, after my mum died. It really helped me to deal with the fact that death is an utter reality and that loss and grief is an absolute and necessary part of what it is to be human. I
learned to grieve properly; not subvert it, deny it or wish it away.
Not that I've ever had therapy, mind you! In fact, it's time (having just hung up the washing) for a little of that therapy I like to call "lunch".
Later that day...
My, how time flies when you're re-arranging stuff, dusting stuff, and preparing to house new stuff. In this case, I'm trying out a three-glass-shelf wheeled trolley1 as the new downstairs equipment rack. Somehow, by changing items in the house to what could be called a "post-Christa" state — even if they're not new things — they lose some of their poignancy. Very odd, but true. I've no intention of changing the kettle, though. And it's time to press it into service yet again. 15:46 already, and so much still to dust. (Iris, you'd have been amazed at what I cleaned out of the Dyson on Friday! I ended up taking it more or less to bits and swilling it under the cold tap.)
There's also some good radio stuff coming up here. Starting tonight.
I must say, there's a wealth of good reading in the new toy's manual. Here, for example, is a mode I've not yet ever had to worry about:
Nearly time (19:55) for that HG Wells classic.