'once we all begin to truly live'

'an index of possibilities yet to be realized - and an instrument towards their realization - once we all begin to truly live'  - esther leslie ends walter benjamin (critical lives). 

so what did horsemouth get up to on sunday? (the guardian does this)

well he got up, coffee blah blah, he did some gardening stuff blah blah and then he went for a walk over to the old trout inn (no longer a pub), then back down the dulas valley (mostly).

he went past the (derelict) church of st.michael. he paused to note the graves of the dead musician from the old people's home opposite (including the conductor basil cameron and the clarinettist walter lear). he noted the great natural beauty of the valley. 

about 5 miles all told.

earlier (as he crossed the common) he had bumped into a member of the commoners' committee out walking their dogs. the house that is up for auction was an interesting bone of contention (as is the barn up for conversion). 

after this his legs were knackered and he didn't get much else done the rest of the day. 

he has been putting some effort into learning eyepennies by sparklehorse. initially he had the chorus learnt wrongly and had to go back and relearn it (such are the perils of his bodging). he wants to take it slightly faster (the tempo is funereal) and sing it lower. he's impressed by the harmony p.j. harvey does.

it's a beautiful morning. the sun rises directly opposite (in the woods of the military base). the sun will be almost directly overhead. 

his mum is up early this morning to be off up to town (community taxi). horsemouth will be staying home. 

so what's the business of the week? 

wednesday a zoom meeting on the record keeping necessary for successful retrofits.

friday the solstice (and the anniversary of the recording of november cotton flower by marion brown in 1979).

saturday a plan to go to great malvern to see alula down do an instore gig (whether he will actually get it done is another matter). 

sunday there's a radio program on percussionist and instrument inventor michael o'shea.