Ah - alone again after a very sociable time seeing OTHER PEOPLE! I met a friend on a boat and we had great fun catching up on news and cider and getting snootily turned out of a pub garden at Grendon cos I had my mutt with me - but you had the impression it was because we looked a bit um.. scruffy. Hurray!
Then the two dearest people in the world came to visit: my darling, clever, wonderful daughter and my dear, talented and amazing son. I'm much braver when there are helpers around, so we went boating in the blasting wind and went aground and went on long walks and hauled firewood together and it was lovely. Now they've left, I'm missing them, but that's ok.
The canals are suddenly full of holiday-makers and other boaters, including a scarily large number of Christian boaters. Perhaps they're having an easter shindig? I also spotted Khayamanzi (a boaty blogger) at Polesworth.
I've been doing little work recently as I've been engrossed in 2 books - 'Wildwood, a journey through trees' by Roger Deakin and 'How non-violence protects the State' by Peter gelderloos. 'Wildwood' is really beautiful and I didn't want to finish it and just wish I'd met the man before he died in 2006, but at £20, better beg, steal or borrow the book! The 'How Non-violence..' is well worth reading and makes you question your attitudes (always good), even if you don't embrace all his arguments.
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