Happy Thanksgiving to all of you turkey-eating peeps out there - we had leek and potato soup for dinner, but we will be having our fill of turkey (and pumpkin pie from scratch!) on Sunday. Woohoo!
The last time I was in London, I found the world's most incongruous playground. It's nestled in between the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, and I imagine it's either for the children in the picnic area up on the bank of the Thames or it's for the children of the Beefeaters who live in the Tower. I spent a solid 5 minutes chuckling over it. (Who is that crazy woman, standing on the side of the road, laughing to herself?)
I was driving home from rehearsal last night, listening to the repeat of Midweek, and caught her interview with Jasper Rees. Apparently he's a journalist who played horn as a child and then gave it up. He came across his horn 22 years later and decided that what he really wanted to do was play it again. So he did. And then wrote a book about it. And then the book was picked up by Radio 4 and serialized. And then he adapted it into a play. Which is now playing in the West End. Apparently even being a mediocre horn player is a road to success - there's hope for me yet! I've reserved a copy from the library - I'm interested to read it.
I've just finished the second of the Three Cities of Bells books. This one is called "Towers in the Mist", and is a fictional account of Philip Sydney and Walter Raleigh and their time at Oxford. Sydney and Raleigh are somewhat peripheral characters, but everyone else was really well-drawn and engaging.
3 comments:
We totally forgot about thanksgiving! I made tofu/cabage stirfry last night as i would have on any random weeknight, and since they don't make canned pumpkin here, there are no plans for pie in the near future...
Hope you have a good dinner on Sunday!
Happy Thanksgiving + blogiversary :)
Wishing you a wonderful year.
Good grief, it's a playground for the children of Stepford. Or possibly for very small inmates!
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