10th may 1871 kilvert is being scandalised by one mr. winthrop.
'mr. winthrop anxious to refute all high-church arguments and repudiate all high-church tendencies , threw over the church altogether... he said a man became a clergyman just as he became a gardener, by taking up that particular line of life.'
horsemouth has already detached from the world of work
he is preparing to detach from the world of the communal endeavour
it will be very strange not to have it to think about (horsemouth thinks)
he has laboured long and hard but circumstances have changed and it is time to move on to the next thing.
horsemouth will be moving from the wen to the wilderness
- is that an actual wilderness or a metaphorical one?
- a literal actual one (horsemouth has done metaphorical wildernesses before in relation to the communal endeavour and maybe he will do again).
- is this life after london or a sojourn?
- this is (horsemouth suspects) life after london
another friend is thinking of moving out (citing 'random monster rent rises') and has asked for advice. horsemouth is still in the middle of it and so has no advice to give. it sounds like the friend has options (that may be the problem).
from tuesday it looks like the weather is good (until then it is a bit changeable).
after some sapphire and steel horsemouth listened to the dave webb show on new river radio (music from the ambient dub swamps).
it is the one year anniversary of the installation of the raised vegetable beds. we have entered into the bright quarter of the year (the 13 weeks surrounding the summer solstice).
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