Went to Paston country today, had lunch with Lucy, who is off work more or less permanently with leukaemia, and then went with her and her friend Diana to Cromer District Council offices to take down the small Paston exhibition there. Diana took this picture. The weather was miserable: very cold and damp. Afterwards I called in at Wroxham Barns to take the Martin Laurance print for framing. I had intended to take Lucy’s too, but that turned out to be already framed. While at Lucy’s she showed me how to use Garage Band to record poems, and I hope to be able to record Caroline and Lisa. I am also intending to help Lucy with her guidebook of Paston walks, in return for which she’s going to teach me how to edit movies.

Yesterday was a significant Sunday, as it saw the farewell from St Augustine’s of our friends David and Bridget. They are going to a more traditional type of church in Norwich. Bridget is training to be a reader. We had quite a moving farewell liturgy, followed by wine and a delicious chocolate cake cooked by Anna. Howard preached a great sermon on thankfulness (among other things), and I led the service. We hope D & B will continue to come to our Tuesday Group. They have been a big part of what has been going on at St Augustine’s and will be sadly missed. In the evening Dot and I went to the Ambient Wonder planning session. We are doing a special AW at Stephen’s Church on Dec 11 – a Thursday evening when people will be passing on late-night Christmas shopping and might appreciate a bit of quiet in the middle of it all. Or not, I guess. Worth a try. Anna wants Dot and I to go to Greenbelt with them next year. Staying in a hotel, of course. Camping is right out. An over-my-dead-body scenario.

On Friday the four of us (Anna, Howard, Dot and I) had dinner at Vicky and Jared’s: a really lovely evening with Spanish food that was surprisingly wonderful.