reading provence in walthamstow

'it is more an idea than a place. you will find this out quite soon.' 

- local informant in lawrence durrell's ceasar's vast ghost: aspects of provence 

reading provence in walthamstow

'all the secret histories make it clear 

ceasar was once happy here.' 

it's a strange book (full of strange events and strange opinions). durrell was a strange man after all.

horsemouth did his meeting then he went for a wander through the forest and along the motorway to south woodford/ redbridge (to take a peek in the oxfam there). a girl lay out reading and sunbathing in the middle of a huge circular field (some giant hidden artefact from the age of industry). later he read in the backgarden. the cats calmed down their importuning and lay about in the shade. he went over to the allotment and did some watering (stunning beauty). he watched the movie drive (beautiful to look at).

by the countryfile calendar it is the ace of hares. our fine mad beast is shown in close up. (as a side note horsemouth notes the semi-recovery of the wild rabbit population near his parents). 

above pharoah sanders live in nice - first 4 tracks july 8th 1971 thereafter the 18th. there are recordings available from gigs held july 20th to 22nd in antibes in 1968 (horsemouth will give those a listen).  thereafter on the 21st another consortium meeting and on the 23rd the elections in spain likely to lead to a right wing coalition of vox and the partido popular.  

today a plan to go over and visit howard (and eat pizza) but the bbc weather is predicting thunderstorms.  sunday last day in the stow. monday travel back to herefordshire and when he gets there another meeting on zoom.