Tablet

 Woke early. Blackfriars. SMITF morning song. Ellen Teague's article in Tablet more balanced than Ruth Gledhill! Started clearing back garden using blower - the catkins are hard to pick up. St Mary Warwick Lucy Morrell playing Widor 5 immaculately. A good diocesan reps meeting and Jane and Magdalena did the presentation on small groups which was excellent. They still will not tell us who the environmental leads are!!! Gonville and Caius Paul Plummer playing Bach. Dido from Royal Academy. Hilarious tribute to 10 years of Friday night dinner - so sad that Paul Ritter died. Hilarious! 

Saturday woke late. Blackfriars and St John's. Found a list of London council tree officers so fired off emails about trees in November (copy and paste). Swept back garden patio area and cleaned up barbecue and got it working. I think a cat had been near it. Beautiful prayer walk with Richard Carter to Kenwood house - 99 words book. Choral evensong from Durham including I saw the Lord by Matthew Martin. William Fox playing Bach at St Paul's, Yorkshire farm, Would I lie to you? 21 days to improve your health.

Sunday Trinity Sunday. Prelude on Nicaea Healey Willan, Prelude on Kyrie, Gott Vater in ewigkeit Bach, Prelude on St Denio Thalben-Ball, Andante Sonata no 6 Mendelssohn, Hymn to the Trinity Hildegard of Bingen, Holy, holy, holy Schubert, March St Patrick's Breastplate Alec Wyton. Oscar announced he is off to Cornwall and then Guildford to university so we might see him at Christmas! Choir now down to 2 plus me. Took photos of Aldo to Bagattis. Family came for barbecue in the sunshine plus Clare. Dennis working. Louise took Henry for 2 night sleepover. I had a rest. Marko's livestreaming did not happen. William Fox playing Bach at St Paul's. St John's G minor RVW not much distancing going on! Trevor's ashes interred. The bell is now working again. Blackfriars both hymns not about the Trinity! Antiques roadshow. Gibraltar. Call the midwife and special programme for 10 years. 

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