{"id":68,"date":"2009-04-15T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dml360.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/15\/15-april-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-04-15T13:34:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:34:51","slug":"15-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"15 April 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1239827691-sc-439.jpg?w=333\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-auto wp-image-69\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Photograph of Stella and Dot at Cringleford by the River Yare, during a tour of the city (by car). Stella stayed with us overnight and has just rung to say she got home safely. Very pleasant interlude: we had lunch at Prezzo&#8217;s. The previous two days were also fun, with David and the grandchildren joining us on Easter Sunday for a family meal at the Red Lion in Eaton. Also present: Phil, Joy, Joe, Birgit and Birgit&#8217;s brother Joe, his wife Ilona and Birgit&#8217;s mother. It was a long meal, so I took first Amy and then both children for a walk down to the river. Really enjoyed that. They&#8217;re lovely to be with.<\/p>\n<p>Dot and I had just been to church, where I led the Easter Communion, with John Easton presiding. The next day David and I took Oliver to watch Norwich play Watford, and Norwich won well, 2-0. Meanwhile Amy went with Dot to Wroxham Barns and had a great time on various rides, showing lots of confidence. <\/p>\n<p>I went to the doctor&#8217;s on Tuesday morning, because I&#8217;ve been feeling very tired, and all is not well in the usual area. All sorts of odd pains, queasy stomach, headaches. Just don&#8217;t feel I&#8217;m getting any better. Doctor not particularly confidence-inspiring. Water sent off for testing again, and a blood test fixed for ten days in the future. Some sort of urgency lacking, I feel. I wonder if falling over would get someone&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the taps are now beautifully fixed and the chairs beautifully covered. The oven&#8217;s bust, though. Always something&#8230; Last Wednesday the Paston evening at the Grapevine went really well. Stephanie showed up unexpectedly, and we gave her a lift home. I read a couple of poems, Lucy and Annette spoke, and there was some medieval singing. Only two problems: no media interest, and very, very few sales. Still pretty confused about what Lucy wants me to do with the Paston Guidebook. She also asked me to do a poetry walk on May bank holiday weekend. It would give me \u00a3200, but I really don&#8217;t feel like it at the moment. Not sure how far I could walk, for one thing. Lisa may well do one.<\/p>\n<p>On Maundy Thursday we had tea at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morstonhall.com\/\">Morston Hall<\/a> by way of research for the Murrays&#8217; visit in May. Very pleasant, but we were the only ones there, apart from a couple of flies. We also tracked down a yacht charter company at Morston and have booked three hours&#8217; sailing. Lovely warm weather in North Norfolk. David texted to say it was pouring with rain at Twyford. <\/p>\n<p>On Good Friday an excellent and very moving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientwonder.org\/\">Ambient Wonder<\/a> event at St Luke&#8217;s attracted about 50, including about ten children. I did the opening and closing liturgy, if it can be called that. Some short responses might be more accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Have struck up a relationship with Ellie, who lives nearly opposite. She&#8217;s two. Very sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photograph of Stella and Dot at Cringleford by the River Yare, during a tour of the city (by car). Stella stayed with us overnight and has just rung to say she got home safely. Very pleasant interlude: we had lunch at Prezzo&#8217;s. The previous two days were also fun, with David and the grandchildren joining &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/?p=68\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">15 April 2009<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[987,1030,1112,1118,1146,1222],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-easter","tag-grapevine","tag-meal","tag-morston","tag-paston","tag-stella"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}