Bank holiday Monday

 Hot and sunny. Blackfriars, no SMITF so morning prayer from Durham. Phoebe TM Chow played brilliantly at Bromley Parish Church. The Bach was brilliant and I liked the Bedard, Rheinberger and Howells Rhapsody No. 3. Walton Crown imperial main theme rushed and not Elgarian. Nice chat to the Toplises and William McVicar. Glorious sunshine so the shorts are on! Birdsong in the garden. Second part of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Birmingham opera company 2019 Graham Vick brilliant production, Balham Catenians at the new venue and it works to zoom from there. Liz watched the Call the midwife special. Sad that this series is finished. Repair shop.

Tuesday hot and sunny again. Blackfriars and SMITF. Controversy over Bojo's wedding rages. District nurse came. Lovely flowers again. Henry home and he loved Odds Farm yesterday. Essex interfaith zoom on "What is truth?" Some replies about trees. Fake or fortune on Marieschi. Ben Collyer at New College playing Bach and Alain - strange sounds! DBS application done. Quiet time, Fr David Knight celebrated mass at Burnt Oak beautifully for Lourdes pilgrimage folk. Lovely church. Dr Abdi rang. He will chase urology, verrucas referral, blood test then possible endoscopy. Faith and nature Jewish perspective excellent. Bake off professionals. Anti-vax conspiracy. 

Wednesday Blackfriars and SMITF. To Addiscombe for the mass for deceased Norwood circle brothers and families. Fr Keith read the names so well and it was quite moving. Nice to see Tom Tannion there and it was livestreamed. Saw Bridie, David Warner's widow and thanked Fr Keith. Communion at the right time too not at the end. It felt very safe. Lis did well at Guys and Dennis went along. She can start to live a more normal life. Washing, bed, towels all dry it was so warm. Collected blood test from from surgery. It 's hard to hear what she is saying on intercom at door. Sion centre Cardinal Bea lecture with 3 good speakers but Henry arrived as they went to the actuary about the Dublin house. Guildford circle meeting. Talk by Matthew of Torch trust.

Thursday Liz to Guys early. She is now finished until July and no injections. To Mayday for blood test and sat in chapel for a while - now has Muslim prayer spaces. Blackfriars and SMITF. Zoom about London climate action week - 9 there I was the only Christian. Forgot to save the chat but did minutes. Excellent talk by Jon Wright on Liverpool metropolitan cathedral and its conservation issues. Very hot. Excellent Laudato Si meeting and Journey to 2030 website looks great. New blood joining us too. West Byfleet circle started late - good to see Vernon de Cruz although he did not seem to be hearing much!  St John Upper Norwood Corpus Christi procession. 21 day turnaround.

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