The organist librarian

To Mass then Royal Academy for Felix Vallatton. Michael Moran led quiet day on fortitude. Played for High Mass for St Thomas at St John Upper Norwood. What a treat that organ is!

Dec 31 in minibus to Mount St Thomas which gives a good view over the sprawling city which is polluted, dusty, hot and the traffic is awful. The Blessed Sacrament chapel was quite nice but the relics were a bit offputting. Our Lady of expectation heavily pregnant. Sadly the theosophical society garden which I was keen to see was closed so Ivor directed the driver to Our Lady's which his mother liked but ut wasn't anything special with a video showing and a nice carving in the Blessed Sacrament chapel and confessions going on. We missed seeing Georgetown and Vivekananda's house and the Government museum. In fact we saw very little! Chinese meal and turns out Cecil lives at Bromley college.

Woke late so have had only one swim this week (22 lengths on Monday but strangely my weight is down 10 stone 2). To York library to do survey of the facilities for Angela. Met a family from Germany at the bus stop and gave them directions. On Tuesday there was a delightful couple from San Francisco walking from Battersea Park to Tooting and I gave them directions including a book shop so they could buy Harry Potter. It seems the American edition is dumbed down so philosopher becomes sorcerer because American kids do not know what a philosopher is! To Battersea Technology college to see excellent art show. I saw the art teachers and the music teacher and planning an exhibition next May in the library for the Arts festival. Met Martin Linton the local M.P. and asked him about the Chimney at the Power station. To Mass at the cathedral for St Thomas's day. Thomas Wilson playing and the men sang plainchant Mass and Palestrina rather well. Fr Tim nearly forgot the Gloria and censing at t...