We stood outside on the street and watched the eclipse. We were the only ones out there. It was glorious. That moment when there’s a crescent sun. We talked about going to see eclipse totalities and finding dark towns to watch meteor showers from. Some of the best things we’ve ever done were free.
We made one half-arsed effort at photographing it. But were really more invested in just watching it.
Not free: sending her off at the weekend to buy two cases of wine from Flint Vineyard. After I ordered four bottles of mead from Horns Of Odin because they are having an event overstock sale. But fuck it, we have to live.
For the record, I have one or two glasses of wine a day and occasionally another drink in the evening. But I’ve been thinking I need to get into the habit of aperitifs and digestifs.
Figs for breakfast. I once read that Keith Waterhouse always started the day with a glass of champagne. He died quietly in his sleep at the age of 80, so it clearly didn’t do him any harm. I think about that a lot. The champagne, not the dying. Champagne at breakfast sounds life improving, which must surely be life extending.
OPERATIONS: TOO MUCH: roughing to the end of a script, I need to pull out some new ideas
STATUS:
I only meant to have lunch and one glass, but the owner and I got talking, and then other customers started talking to me, and therefore I learned about Bremont Watches, and suddenly I’d been there nearly two hours. And was slightly pissed.
So I stopped off at the coffee shop for espresso and water on the way back, and a neighbour passed by and shook my hand, and we had a coffee together.
READING: finished MAIGRET AND MONSIEUR CHARLES, Georges Simenon (UK) (US+), and how lovely it was.
Also: disconnecting means returning to print.
INTELLIGENCE IS THE ART OF REMAINING FAITHFUL UNDER SHIFTING CIRCUMSTANCES, Alexander Kluge and Anselm Kiefer (UK) (US+)
Kluge’s final book.
LISTENING: OCEANINE
DRINK: Amaretto with a few dashes of orange and cinnamon bitters. The bottle comes with a dropper in the cap!
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