Phenomenology, Islam and Bach

Tuesday swam 28. Painted the bottom of the front garden wall and the porch floor looks great. Did some reading. Liz was busy in the garden. To first meeting of cathedral group Foretaste of heaven led by Mary Maxwell. Tina and Colette and we met in room 1 which is awful. Colette adamant communion is not a sharing or a meal! Oh dear! I will be missing 2 sessions any way. To Heythrop and met Kim Burke on the tube. At 5 5 of is gathered for coffee in the dining room as a result of my initiative and i invited another 3 later on - a useful chat. Damian covered phenomenology and Tony hermeneutics and Paul Ricoeur. Heavy going. Watched The Duchess about Georgina Duchess of Devonshire. Wednesday lie-in as not babysitting and had new bread, lemon curd and tea in bed! Chat to Ann. Did some more reading and watched Simon Rattle conduct the Berlin Phil in Madrid - superb Rachmaninov 2. To Heythrop for seminar CCID on spirit in Islam - Dr Hugh Boulter from Oxford diocese. Most interesting bits were the quotes from Muslims on Rauch. 4 people I invited came Alan Gadd, Jon dal Din, Mansour Habib and Hai Dang who left - found it too hard to follow. Hard to make notes as no names were explained. To cathedral for Iain Simcock playing Bach Art of fugue with score but still not that easy to listen to. Very restrained registrations - as Mum would say "You love playing Bach but it's not that interesting to listen to"! Martin Ball and Andy Scott there. Programme on "Life of Brian".