The organist librarian

 Thursday 12 March. Interview on Voice of Islam about prayer in daily life, Went well. I'm no expert on this but I do try. To art and more or less finished the Bedington incinerator picture. Just waiting for Ella foundation to get back to me and Mums for lungs. Swam 20. Sean came and downstairs loo needs a cap (after 40 years it leaks?) He also looked at wallpaper in lounge. Good animators meeting with Jane Mellett on Cop 30. To iftar at town hall and read part of Pope Leo's message for Lent which was well received. Nice food. Apprentice.  Friday lots of people at Unacc. It was a special £8 day.  An exhausting trip to V and A East which is amazing. When you come out of Stratford station go in the direction of Queen Elizabeth park and Westfield. TfL do not tell you this!! Eventually found the 388 bus at Stratford City bus station. Not sure I want to do this trek again! I came back via Farringdon and just missed my train to NJ. Result started zoom on mobile phone and 15 peo...

 To Riddlesdown. The server who let me in announced that the Karg-Elert was too loud so in the end I played Franck instead. Grant was very friendly. I played Bach and Thiman on Slane. The baptism party took over the church with loads of cameras and they did not sing! To SJ for lunch and then home to find Bruce here. Hyderi postponed the iftar in mourning for the Ayatollah so I went to evensong. Dyson, Farrant and Brahms Geistliches lied. Call the midwife and pottery throwdown. Bill was out. The news continues to horrify with many innocent people dead and Iran retaliating across the Middle East. Trump is mad. I completed my funeral presentation except for the Elijah extract which got cut off before the end.  Monday swim and aerobics. Barbara finishing this Thursday - she refuses to conform! A lady got Brian the manager to come and speak to us. It seems across the country people are complaining and he does not like the decision either. It's the cost of the PRS license. Some have...

To St Pancras station.  A great day at Faithful Companions of Jesus Euston on art and ecological conversion. John Paul and Sr MaryAnne. Lovely mass in the chapel with a young Jesuit priest. He asked for our opinions on the day. I commented that Genesis 1 is very visual - it's about the eyes and pleasing to the eye. Good old days. Michael Palin. Derek Jacobi on playing Alan Turing. Beck Meth. The preacher was formerly Bishop in Ghana. She did not change the gospel reading the Transfiguration which we had last week. She suggested that we did not need to fast. Repentance never got mentioned. There was an awful lot about Moses and Elijah. The final hymn was Jesus is the name we honour. The tune is naff with silly syncopations in the verse. They did sing it. Played Bach Preludes for Lent and Toccata in D minor which was descibed as "magnificent". A lovely prelude by Andrew Fletcher on Mannheim and Willan on St Peter. Private passions architect Asif Khan. I have written again t...

 Feb 15th  At Beckenham Methodist we heard about the Transfiguration. I played Thiman and Fish on Hanover, Rosalie Bonighton Ordinary time - more or less, Stanley Vann Cantilena and Andrew Moore Light of the nations. Lovely evensong at St John’s Howells My eyes for beauty pine, Brewer in D, Jesu the very thought Bairstow. Call the midwife, Pottery throw down. Finished the sweets of the 1980s 1000 jigsaw. Monday 16th to ENT at Thornton Heath soft wax in right ear hadld to whistling, wax in left was harder so came out more easily. Chat to Ann Evie had first violin lesson. She had enjoyed my short videos. Swim. Liz got passport photo. Woolf Works from the Royal Ballet at West Norwood picturehouse. Max Richter’s music thought Act 3 very beautiful and moving. Puzzled by Act 2. Delicious lunch at Sole Luna papparelle and Liz had rabbit. Nice Italian food store next door. Liz went to UCM. Hedda Gabler with Ingrid Bergman, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave and Trevor Howard 1963. Gre...

 Monday 9th Feb chat to Ann. Liz went to a new research project at Hammersmith hospital and had a bad journey. To aerobics only to find Morgana was taking it so I walked out and complained. Saskia rang and the new painting is agreed as long as I take out the boy jumping into the sea which I have done. Contacted everyone about the change of painting. To Phoenix centre John Talking about South Norwood plaques. I dropped off! Patrick chatted about my art. CMF forum on converts. SM letter. SDEN on Lent. Call my bluff, Face the music, Father Brown.  Tuesday Liz to Guys and had a bad day. Kings did not ring her. Swim and then supervision group at All Saints. Meditation discussed the vision of God. To Picturehouse H is for Hawk is a lovely film with great photography and music and Claire Foy. Liz met me there and drove home as Whitehorse Lane is blocked where the roadworks are. Trevor Eve and Julet Stevenson discussing Ibsen A Doll's house and Roy Clarke on his comedies.  Wed or...

 Cancelled swim and took Liz to doctor.  To Croydon council chamber for Holocaust Memorial Day. The school children were very good especially the violinist and singer. Generation2generation presentation. Lesley Orbach. Both to meditation - a lot there. Journey to 2030 teams meeting was good. Inside the cereals factory, A house through time - excellent series. Wednesday 28th January took Liz to get blood test at Mayday. Swim - Roger the blind guy was in the middle lane with signs up. They moved him to the slow lane just after I got out! To Beck Meth to practise for Sunday - Harry has had a fall. We had lunch and took jigsaws back to the hospice shop. No 500s available. Had a rest. NT Hamlet live at David Lean cinema. It’s just brilliant! Thursday to art. Buddha and giraffe going to library exhibition. Arrived at aerobics to find Morgana taking it so walked out. Cheltenham prayer. Took Liz so she could drive at Westow Park.  To the cinema museum to see Mission Joy with the ...

 Monday 12 Jan nice chat to Ann. The bathroom is postponed. Ann says the dust and mess are awful. We don't need this when Liz is unwell and we are both going to have to stay home. I cancelled swim. Neil Thorns from CAFOD at excellent SDEN zoom. SM meditation good. Only connect, Celebrity mastermind, University challenge. Tuesday wet. Hot cough mixture from chemist and saw Patsy. Got Salt path jigsaw out again. At 8 a.m. bathroom guy turned up after it had been postponed! Facilitators zoom good. Cancelled going to quiet time.  Enjoying Gottingen SO New Year concert conducted by Australian Nicholas Milton on You tube from Concertgebouw. Good chat to Clare. A house through time is excellent London and Berlin. Chip factory. One man two governors from NT hilarious - great to watch it again. Wednesday another quiet day and it was fine. Animal park. Evensong Ebor singers from York. Started trying to set up a slideshow. First problem is changing a CD track into MP3. Gresham lecture on...