The organist librarian

Remembrance Sunday. Faure Pie Jesu keyboard played up so switched off and started again. Elgar For the fallen a great piece. Good to have Steve playing the trumpet Old 100th and Gordon Jacob national anthem. He messed up on last line of Old 100th and did not play the Jacob fanfare but I kept going.I met Linda's husband.   My mockup of the guide for children to birds in Westminster cathedral is ready to test run! Roll on Dec 2nd! To Stephen Disley's recital at Christ's chapel Dulwich - an unusal programme. Nice eats. The Bach Fantasia in C minor was dull and so was the Gibbons. I liked the Thiman, Carvalho and Bach Fantasia in G. Watched Cenotaph and listened to Gloucester cathedral evensong. Worked on animals at cathedral first draft. Howards End on BBC.

Friday came home to find Canham Road closed so went down our one way street the wrong way to get home. David at No. 19 South African teacher married to Helen from Oz and have little Katy told me gas leak in Whitehorse Lane, no doubt where the roadworks for water mains are. Watched 30 minutes highlights of Olympics opening - fab fireworks but where were the 100s of tai chi experts - just saw one lady! Still it was amazing. But then we got 30 minutes about the British team - why not more of the opening ceremony! Liz rang to say police would not allow her home so going to Grandma's with Dennis's stuff from Bow for the garage. Police told her we had been evacuated to Sainsbury's. I checked with David and blew out my candle in the window just in case. Eventually Liz came down the road the wrong way having persuaded the police she lives here! David came in to see our loft conversion and Bruce's handiwork and he was most impressed - he teaches DT I think. In the night finished...

Wednesday to swim (20) and then to police station to take photos of damaged door of the Escort. Waited 20 minute - only one PC on at first. Filled in a traffic form and computer crashed as it had yesterday when Liz went down. PC not interested in photos! To Hinsley Room for spirituality day led by Eileen Dutt on Rest. It was excellent with a wealth of material. Particularly liked Julian of Norwich quote. Meditated on Matthew 11: 27- 30 in a modern version "Come to me. Get away with me and you will recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn from me. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." Eugene H Peterson "The Message" I came up with hymns in response to the hymn "his eye is on the sparrow" - Jesu lover of my soul, Come unto me from Messiah, O come to the waters...