two fragments (hannah arendt) postcards

'today  I sent my first postcards... they are capital things, simple , useful and handy. a happy invention.' - kilvert's diaries, 4th october 1870.

hannah arendt's poetry has been discovered, translated and will soon be published. she said in an interview that she knew a lot of german poetry. still it is a shock to realise she wrote it also. 

'this was the farewell/ many friends came with us/ and whoever did not come was no longer a friend.'  - untitled, hannah arendt, september 1947.

'gentle whispering melodies/ sound from the darkness/ we listen so that we can let go.'  - 'W.B' (1942).

it's a bandcamp friday horsemouth is recommending alula down once again (because they're great).

however the main album he will be recommending to you is lou's album and it doesn't even seem to be on bandcamp. 

and now a matter of great interest to communal endeavour members

so the CPI for september is released october 16th this forms the basis of maximum permitted rent rise of CPI +1% applied by most housing organisations in april but not applied by the communal endeavour until june (because of the need to vote on the rent rise and other various historical reasons). 

for august 2024 the CPI was 3.1%. so the likely rent rise next year would be about  4.1%.  the members are free to reject the rent rise (of course) but then it's not clear where the money would come from to do the things the communal endeavour needs to do.

tragedy. last night no bell-ringing for horsemouth (his lift was ill). the week before curtailed drinking. tomorrow and saturday the weather looks decent.  however this morning his mum has a lift into the nearby village and back (horsemouth is going to try not to go). 

here it's a foggy morning. the stuff in the garden looks ok so presumably no serious frosts yet. 

his mum and himself were up picking apples in the top field yesterday (there are some pears too). all the plums and damsons are in.