The organist librarian

 Swam 20. Breakfast in the garden. SM, S and B. We both went to chair based exercise at UNACC. Water features not working. Wimbledon has started! To Balham circle - the venue was double booked so we went to Pho Vietnamese restaurant. The 3 Croydon brothers did not stay. 15 minutes before we ordered drinks another 10 minutes to order food and starters eventually came. My Super green soup cannot have taken 45 minutes to prepare. The net day the manager explained in reply to my comment on trip advisor. 3 staff were off sick. Knee playing up a bit and back tired after clearing up the garden.  Tuesday Swam 20. SM. S and B. To St Catherine's school Teddington to train 6 servers. Delicious lunch and Mary Ryan gave us an orchid and wine. Sad that St Mary's student choir is under threat. Sleepy. To Beckenham for Vigil Peter and Paul but turns out usual 6 p.m. mass changed to 7.30 p.m. I was not alone! Fr Leon very chatty about interfaith group, Fr Andrew and Nazareth cross. Wimbledon S...

 Monday to see Fr Witon with Rita and he agreed that the cathedral will mark Season of creation! Smitf prayers and chat to Noel. Excellent talk by Carmody Grey. Tuesday  Best surprise ever? Liz said to me that Louise was coming over to Crystal Palace so I popped along to Bookseller Crow on the Hill. Imagine my amazement when I got to Blackbird to find Bruce there! We have not seen him for 2 years! It's a pity Dennis could not join us. And even better news Louise and Bruce are going to THE WEDDING in Sydney and we are invited to Jersey in October. Letter to Bishop John revised and sent. There were misunderstandings from Magda and I did not take kindly to being told how to write to a bishop I have known for a long time! He responded very positively. Bed and towels done. Been swimming 3 times this week! Thursday Garden cleared up. Ironing Season of creation webinar. Norman's recital was just odd. I like the Ridout but nothing else. Cooking week! Friday to St John's for excelle...

 SM and B (S did not broadcast) To Southwark cathedral for SPIDIR AGM and study day. Dean Andrew a most interesting cathedral tour. Things I have never noticed. Canon Thomas Sharp (in shorts) on Rahner and death was very interesting. Nice to see Mick. LSi movement zoom inviting our views on synodality.  Tuesday SM, B and S. To Fairfield hall new cafe for LMP coffee morning. Excellent violin and viola playing Bach solos and the young manager/fixer explained her amazing job. No microphones made it hard to hear much! To quiet time. Liz tested positive for Covid which is a blow. Come dine with me, Drawers off. Green party migration policy zoom.  Wednesday SM, S and B. To dentist -tooth with big hole X rayed and it has to come out! To interfaith group at the cathedral - 3 of us but a good discussion. Come dine with me, Drawers off, Repair shop, Sewing bee. Thursday Dennis drove up to King's and we walked across the park. Saw Mr Matthew Jaggard who was very thorough and frank. ...

 Friday another fine day. B, SM and S.  Splendid service from St Paul's. Fine anthem by Judith Weir. Well played Martin Ford ! The descants and brass were stunning. Bojo got booed. Harry and Meghan were there. Yannick Nzeget-Sequin conducting Brahms 3 and a new work in Hamburg. Had a look at a bit of Budapest Parsifal. The Tablet recommended BBC Two daughters and it is a very moving programme. Sue Perkins Who do you think you are and The Repair shop. Saturday SM in St James park, S and B. One line on test second one fainter. Liz went to Emma and Robin's St John's recital. I watched the rest of Love from NT home and the three absorbing parts of Death of England. The language is terrible but a forensic look at racist attitudes. Watched the Derby. Tablet online has an analysis of the John Fisher school debacle. Fr Clark did resign as chaplain. Pentecost. Liz singing at St John's. A quiet morning. Blackfriars and a great homily. Sam Wells spoke well at St Martin's and I...