Lent 1

 Beckenham Methodist Bishop and White. I played Bach O mensch bewein, Andriessen Aus der tiefe, Franck Prelude and Fughetta. It was the first time the congregation had been told in the newsletter what the music was and it was much appreciated. Had a lovely chat to Dennis the minister. First thing I noticed was the flowers! Porj for dinner. Watched Giovanna d'Arco from Parma not Verdi's greatest and the costumes in yellow were ridiculous. Crufts won by whippet. Pottery throwdown James a worthy winner. Looked up places near Bognor for Paul and the Chichester theatre. Liz did not go to Messy church.

Monday short chat to Ann. They have seen the play at Chichester theatre. Liz set off to go packing medals but ended up at Horniman and nails. Swim. Colette's meeting reflections. Transcript does not appear. Phoenix centre found talk hard to follow. Chat about UNACC and cuts. SM reflection time. Mastermind, Chess masters, University challenge, Stacey.

Tuesday awake in night again. Liz to Guys. Swim took 3 bags of garden waste to Dennis's. Paxton centre to see Brian's pictures and had frittata - delicious. Meditation and talked about painting as a meditation. Very pleasant. Came home early as Liz had had more bad news. To Sainsburys. I had put 5 litres of windscreen washing liquid into the car so ordered another bottle! CAFOD Birmingham zoom on debt justice - very interesting. Commonwealth Day service from the Abbey. Started looking at possibilities in Wales.

Wed swim. Liz to hair. Car washed and cleaned £20. Organ practice at Beckenham and finally got the hymns - hardly Lenten choices! Supervision group on zoom. A bit of Sion centre Jewish rabbi on hope. John Thing rang. The windscreen washer bottle is definitely leaking. Bread for the world and CCA meeting on degrowth. Excellent sermon by Jolley and Duncan facilitated our group 7 very well.

Thursday Liz's last dyslexia course at Dulwich. Art and discussed VE day 80 painting and worked on giraffe. Aerobics. New guy Max looks like a young Nelson Mandela! To dentist and saw Angelina. All is well and a clean. £21. Discussed summer holiday. LSIUK zoom was great, Louise arrived. Apprentice. Landscape artist of the year.

Friday Meeting went well. Worked on transcript. It takes a lot of time. Really enjoyed meeting Nelson Ferreira at V and A to see the Great Mughals. Superb workmanship. Met a lady who knows me through interfaith at the Abrar centre Lovely tea and cake and chat. Home at 7! Pompeii new dig part 3. Father Brown. Steven Macrae's recovery.

Sat SM in St James Park. Booked train for Manchester to launch of Laudato Si' song book. Went to March's Eco living fest at Holy Innocents South Norwood. Had a lovely lunch and met Revd Susan so had a go on the 3 manual Allen. The pistons were set up wrong. In fact whoever played it last left the crescendo pedal down! They have no organist at the moment and are in interregnum. Watched The Devil and Kate by Dvorak Slovak National Opera on Youtube. Weird costumes and hair styles!

Sun At Beckenham Methodist lots of Bach today! O Gottes Lamm unschuldig, Erbarm dich Descent from the Cross, Fugue in G minor Lascaux. The South African lay preacher was a bit too long and the hymns were not Lenten. To Caterham and a lovely farewell lunch. The new ramp and toilets in the hall are most impressive. Lovely evensong at St John's, Philip Godfrey anthem, Gibbons.Antiques roadshow.