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Starless and bible-black
My brain is like a sponge, metaphorically speaking only I hope. (There are spongiform diseases like BSE.) It is still capable of soaking up information. Mind you, it doesn't always retain it for long. Yesterday I discovered that the above heading, a title of a record album by King Crimson (1974), was a quotation from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. I discovered this because Cardiff airport is to be named after someone. Suggestions have been coming in, one of which is Dylan Thomas. A recording of Richard Burton reading the opening lines of Under Milk Wood featured on the radio yesterday. My ears pricked up at the starless and bible-black. Rock music can be educational.
The refreshments after the walk this afternoon were splendid. Thick slices of lemon cake and malt loaf and cups of tea. We sat outside on comfortable chairs under a remote-controlled awning and replaced the calories we had walked off (with interest I expect). It's my turn to provide the food next month so I shall have a job to match the standard.
Thought for today
To be human is to be moral, and you cannot have a day off when it suits.
Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip, 2006
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