halfway to the solstice

accessions diary 

11/11/24 - dore abbey - ten squid- the diary of the reverend william poole, the: perpetual curate of the parish of hentland & hoarwithy

'... (at) the end of 2021 a victorian diary, quarter-bound and with marbled boards, was donated to a charity shop in york. among the handwritten entries, the words ‘hentland and hoarwithy’ were noted, enquiries made... . covering the years 1857–62, the diary was identified as belonging to the reverend william poole – the wealthy curate responsible for transforming hoarwithy’s chapel of ease from ‘an ugly brick building’ into one of the county’s loveliest and most surprising churches...' - logaston press website.

so far, in horsemouth's reading, he is an interesting fellow, and horsemouth will be sharing some of his diary entries as they come up. 

 'so much is brilliant about the digital age' 

the FT discusses music. their aim? to break out of the spotify algorithm of machine driven recommendation. people have never liked this idea - that their tastes are predictable. 

their recommendation? more mixtapes, more playlists. 

yesterday horsemouth's mum has some business down at the village hall - they sat around in the sunshine by the abbey (which wasn't so bad). today  

today horsemouth is up (ad so is the sun). it's a cold morning (it has been down to 4C overnight assisted by clear skies). it's going to be a sunshine-y day.  horsemouth has a decarbonisation meeting to attend on zoom (or the equivalent) in the afternoon. at some point he has to make a journey into ewyas harold. sunday horsemouth's brother arrives for a visit.

horsemouth is halfway to the solstice from the equinox  (approximately speaking).