Amy showing off her party dress. Picture by her father.

A relatively quiet week. On Monday I was bought lunch by Jo at The Forum as part of her bid to persuade me to get involved with a Raising Aspirations project for Year 8 boys in North and West Norfolk. I agreed as long as I wasn’t involved in organising it, so I may be trying to tell them something about journalism at the UEA in November. Well, it was quite a nice pizza.

Later I drew my chess game against Lowestoft. Should have won, but slipped up near the end.

On Tuesday we made an attempt to do Dot’s tax return, which proved more difficult than expected. However, we got as far as registering online, but then had to wait for her to be sent a password, which arrived today. So it’s still not done. In the evening we had our smallest ever Tuesday Group meal – three.

During the week we have been watching all the TV episodes so far of Heroes, which turns out to be surprisingly good. Now up to date.

Yesterday I spent most of the day on InPrint. I met Annette and Rupert at Bally at about 10.30, during which I got a rough idea of what was going on. Then I bought some paper and labels in the city and came home to about three hours’ computer work. I typed out some poems to box size, then did some logos for the boxes, then worked out how to print out labels. I invented some new “warnings” for the boxes. Earlier in the week I had designed a flyer for the PVM and sent some publicity blurb to Annette to be passed on to Borders bookshop in Chapelfield Mall, where we’re exhibiting the PVM next week.
Back at Ballys I guillotined the poems to fit – and returned today with the Warning labels. It may be coming together.

Oh, and this week I’ve written six or seven poems.

Dot spent yesterday taking her aunt to Buck Brigg, where she had a truly wonderful roast lunch. Envious? Moi? And as I write we’re waiting for the Stedmans, who are coming for tea and scones. And rock cakes.