And so it goes...

...as Billy Joel and before him Kurt Vonnegut had it.  Bittersweet, as our lives are at the present, happy ourselves to be fairly healthy, sad for the gloomy news and future prospects for so many in the world.  I haven't written for a few days, there being nothing much to say, but watch this space on Friday, when we expect some really exciting news!  Meanwhile, flowers from the garden and beyond.

Trawling our tv recordings to clear up things we'd kept from Christmas, and deleting a good few, we came across a marvellous feature on Dolly Parton.  I've long been an admirer, but we were impressed once again by both her prolific talent and her professionalism.  Schubert wrote over 600 songs - she has composed over 3,000 many never performed.  Her vocal technique is also impressive and the special kind of Country/bluegrass ornamentation she uses reminds me of the most fluid French baroque, or the pibroch pointing of bagpipes in Scotland and on the French cornemuse.  A wonderful end to yesterday evening.