Once again the evening has been squandered with tea and biscuits and curry and poor quality TV. I regret the waste of time, when I have so many things to do, and I hadn’t planned on such a relaxing evening, but it’s been pleasant enough. The only problem is that I have to write a post in 30 minutes before taking Number Two Son to work.
If that seems familiar I can only apologise. I tried to write earlier but couldn’t find the enthusiasm.
Plans for the coming week include finishing the book I’m reading about William Dampier, reviewing a couple of other books and sending some more haibun off. The theory is that if I keep sending them off I will be forced to keep writing and improving. It seems sensible, but time will tell.
I’m also preparing a section of my collection for sale on eBay. It’s the part of my collection that I accumulated because it was cheap or included in lots with things I actually wanted. As such I really ought to call it my “collection” or my accumulation. When I’ve sold it I’m going to use it to buy more things. That’s the nice thing about collecting – you get to buy things for yourself on a constant basis.
It’s the Numismatic Society meeting on Monday. It’s comforting to get out and meet people with the same sorts of personality defects I have. I say “people”, but I mean middle-aged men. There is only one female member that I know of, and very few people under fifty.
And that’s it. Time’s up. I will now fill out the “Categories and Tags” and post for today. Only three days to go…
Enjoy!
I will do my best. 🙂
Got it! Now I know who you remind me of. Samuel Beckett.
Is that the prize-winning writer or the miserable old git? I recall him being world class at both. 🙂
Exactly 🙂
🙂 🙂 🙂
We are all holding our breath. Keep going.
Thank you. You must have done 1,000s of consecutive days. 🙂
True but I am old and have nothing better to do.
I’m getting older and losing my ability to concentrate…
Enjoy your meeting, Quercus!
I’m sure I will. A room with 15-20 grumpy old men – my natural habitat! 🙂
I am trying to wrap my mind around what that looks like. 🙂
Yhere’s a lot of untidy white hair and grumbling…
That reminds me of the avid pin collectors in one of Pratchett’s–Mint, probably but not definitely.
🙂 Yes, I saw the pin collectors when Going Postal was on TV at Christmas. I also watched a programme on stamp collecting this week. There are a lot of collectors about. Mainly men. Mainly middle-aged. Mainly slightly mad…
Mad certainly happens.
We had an example tonight when “Mad Mick” came to the numismatic society. 🙂