the emotional blackmailers handbook

Friday, January 09, 2009

a frosty morning

between cowfold and bolney, although the sky was clear and bright, my thermometer dipped to -9.5 degrees centigrade.

during the half hour or so of the school run, between making deliveries at christ's hospital school and at cuckfield, i stopped and pulled over to the side four times to give maximum space to oncoming vehicles whose windows and windscreens appeared to be impenetrably frosted.

by coincidence, each appeared to be driven by a woman with children in the back.

economy

all this week i've been driving with the fuel consumption display on and trying to stay light on the accelerator

during that time, i've got my average mileage per gallon up every day

at the start of the week it was about 14.6

today it was 18.2 which is not bad for a small truck

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

two kinds of swans trapped in the ice at southsea

the old bridge at stopham

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

near chelwood gate

Monday, January 05, 2009

about five cc of undiluted torres diez is burning a hole right through me

du temps recherches

on Sunday, instead of going out to do some casual work and even despite needing the cash-in-hand, i stayed home to read the last 250 pages of proust, starting in the wee small insomniac hours, and after a few diversions and interruptions, finishing just a little after bedtime

whew !

i'm very glad to have read it because there was much to entertain, enthuse, inform, amaze, and delight me, and even to stretch my less-than-elastic mind ... but there were times when he seemed "to go on a bit" and so i wished he'd hurry up and get to the point on several occasions ... however, overall impressions can be summarized as "hurrah, very well-done, and thankyou, a thousand times, dear marcel !"