Thursday, November 20, 2008

Thursday 20th

I'm feeling very settled up here in Durham and have been blessed with fine weather foor the past three days. However, snow showers are forecast for the weekend!
Yesterday, I had a pleasant time writing postcards and letters in the morning and then set off walking with my friend , Barbara, to a lunch in a church hall which happens every Wednesday for just £2.50. there were some very interesting people there, including the OZ cricketer , Michael Slater's aunty. Then I walled to the library and did more emailing etc and had a bit more of a browse. The non-fiction collection is quite limited actually, which surprised me. Beleive it or not, I took a book out.
I went to the Cathedral for Evensong and the choir was excellent. They sang Watson in E and Howells ' Hymn to St Cecilia' which I had not encountered before and was absolutely magnificent. Then I walked back home - half an hour walk- and had an evening watching TV while Barbara taught her music students.
Today she has gone to a school to teach and I am back at the library and now off to a lunchtime Leider Recital at the Music School here which is part of the university.
Tonight I am going to my friends the McIntyres ( Geoff and Julie) for dinner and then to choir practice at St Oswalds , their church, where I am going to sing on Sunday. Am looking forward to spending time with their two delightful children- Millie nearly 7 and Oscar who is 4.

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