How was your weekend?<\/p>\n
You’ve either had an active or an inactive weekend?<\/p>\n
Or maybe you’ve had a weekend where bouts of activity were mixed with high-intensity periods of manic stuff?<\/p>\n
The latter combination describes my weekend, but I’m sitting here feeling totally wasted.<\/p>\n
Saturday was a washout, the rain hammered in; at least we remembered to change the clocks before we went to bed (though Gargoyle brings his own perspective on the time change here).<\/p>\n
I planned to do an early podcast but when I picked up mail before breakfast there were three soundfiles from Citronella and I wanted to use two of them straight away.<\/p>\n
Except I needed to manipulate them and that took a while and a fair bit of fiddling.<\/p>\n
But I’m so appreciative of them – and towards Citronella for her contribution – that if I say thank you one more time I’ll start to sound way too gushy.<\/p>\n
But I think they worked, don’t you?<\/p>\n
I was talking to a guy in Swindon – Nick – about the podcast during the week, he asked how it was scripted.<\/p>\n
He looked amused when I said that it isn’t scripted at all!<\/p>\n
Still, later than I’d planned the podcast went out – it was on iTunes within 15 minutes, how excellent is that?<\/p>\n
In the early evening I had to perform surgery on the laptop – and we’re talking a serious level of command-line surgery.<\/p>\n
I guess the laptop replacement gets a little closer every day. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
Anyway…<\/p>\n
Sunday morning – this morning – we drove in to Worcester for a very late breakfast and made a stunning discovery.<\/p>\n
Cawardine’s.<\/p>\n
They do an all-day vegetarian breakfast – which is good enough, right?<\/p>\n
Right.<\/p>\n
But what if, while you’re sitting there eating your all-day vegetarian breakfast and sipping your hot chocolate…<\/p>\n
What if they put out the best soundtrack?<\/p>\n
What if they put out the soundtrack to your life while you’re eating (and reading the Sunday morning newspapers)?<\/p>\n
Wouldn’t that be brilliant?<\/p>\n
And so, my friends, it happened just like that.<\/p>\n
And it was truly brilliant!<\/p>\n
Good food, good writing to read and a kick-arse soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Afterwards we wandered through Worcester and when we’d had our fill of the place we drove slowly drove back home.<\/p>\n
This afternoon I went to the yard.<\/p>\n
Stone me, the yard – normally the quietest place ever – was buzzing with people.<\/p>\n
But it was all good; gossiping, tea-drinking and general chat was had.<\/p>\n
The big yard news is that Trish (the spritely 72-year-old) has decided to get back in to the saddle – competitively – and take up jumping again.<\/p>\n
I’m full of admiration for her.<\/p>\n
We might go cross country schooling next weekend.<\/p>\n
Vin got schooled in the arena.<\/p>\n
I’m a little concerned that he seems to have started throwing his head up; nothing’s changed in his diet, he’s 100% sound and very happy.<\/p>\n
The only thing is it was a very bright day today – and I seem to remember he threw his head around a little last summer.<\/p>\n
Anyway, we pressed on and he worked himself through it – which is excellent – but I think I’ll call the vet tomorrow to sound them out about reactions to bright sunlight.<\/p>\n
In case you’re wondering we didn’t get to Stafford Horse Trials – it was cancelled as the ground was waterlogged.<\/p>\n
Outside of all these goings-on, we’ve watched two films this weekend, eaten very well, cuddled lots and generally made each other laugh more than I could even begin to tell you about.<\/p>\n
And I’ve had an idea for a short-ish novel; it’s gritty and I’m not sure there’s a ready readership for it.<\/p>\n
Over the next couple of weeks I’ll put together the usual two synopses and float them around to canvass potential readers views.<\/p>\n
I’ve started listening to music for next week’s podcast too but, on that front…<\/p>\n
I’ve had a very nice ‘thank you’ email from Michelle Parish, for playing her track Every Song on the Radio.<\/p>\n
Flattering, but unnecessary; it’s a very gorgeous piece of work.<\/p>\n
And now it’s 23.10 – way past my bedtime, but I don’t want to go.<\/p>\n
I’m sitting on the couch, Soph’s beside me and I feel so…<\/p>\n
Comfortable.<\/p>\n
I hope your weekend was as excellent as mine has been.<\/p>\n
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