Today, I took in:

more of Mary Oliver’s A Thousand Mornings

an episode of  A Bit of Fry and Laurie

a couple episodes of Schitt’s Creek

an episode of Parts Unknown

I made:

progress on cleaning up the garden

Today, I took in:

the rest of “My President Was Black” and “The First White President” in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s We Were Eight Years in Power

Home Again — tried to cram too many things in and went for too many easy beats

Love & Friendship — the Whit Stillman adaptation of Austen’s “Lady Susan”; it’s one of the best Austen adaptations, Kate Beckinsale wonderful in it and every scene lined with biting wit

I made:

a catch-up on these posts

Today, I took in:

the beginning of “My President Was Black” in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s We Were Eight Years in Power

Poirot: Appointment with Death

I made:

a real effort in my back physio class

a fool of myself doing one of the rap parts in Hamilton at choir — but that’s all right, it’s a very understanding group of people

Today, I took in:

a few poems from Mary Oliver’s A Thousand Mornings

I made:

the journey from Worcestershire to Dulwich just in time to have the last of the barbecue and meet my boyfriend’s fellow cricket commentators — and I only lost phone battery at the very end of the evening

Today, I took in:

one of the best father of the bride speeches I’ve ever heard — good on my uncle

I made:

a fun game of water volleyball in the hotel pool

silly dances at the wedding reception

Today, I took in:

my new favorite graffiti — a “wash me” written in dirt on the back of a van, but personalized to the driver, reading “wash me, Stu”

I made:

a happy reunion with much of my family at my cousin’s wedding

Today, I took in:

Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead

I made:

an A/C-less train ride to Winchester — one of the more miserable experiences of my recent life

Today, I took in:

Hot Brown Honey, a brilliant cabaret show from Australia

I made: 

drinks with friends along the river

Today, I took in:

Ocean’s 8 — fun and funny, but not as much as it should’ve been

a wasp! in my mouth! hidden in a piece of salami I was eating in the park!

I made:

the best of it, with ice on my tongue for hours, so I could keep hanging out with my sister and cousins

Today, I took in:

an episode of The Good Place (because once is never enough with that show)

I made:

many hugs with my sister, who came to visit