1st September 2007
Here we are so soon in September already. Spare a thought for Greece and its people suffering from the fires and it teaches us that we should not complain as all we are having is a little wet weather. I love Greece and its people and history. Must be a great feeling to belong to a people that gave us so much that we built the European civilisations on it so long ago. Hope it all gets back to normal soon.

The rain continues and the odd time the sun comes out it produces a thousand mirrored echoes on all the wet leaves holding drops of water. It’s really quite beautiful but I miss sitting out in the garden. Still off to Devon in three weeks time and I’m looking forward to that. Nick definitely is ready and a week of laughs and food and wine will do him the world of good. I prescribe hours in the hot tub for him (and me!)

Nothing planned for the weekend as such...made some bread this morning (getting good at this black art now) went to have a haircut and now doing a little writing. Hope you have a good weekend.

Soft footsteps shape the world into a better place than the big paws. It is better to live a life less than extraordinary because hard roads lead us to the stars and the knowledge that you always tried to do the right thing is a benison set beyond any material gains. Decency and honesty may seem to have a poor return on the investment but it sets a soul to rest.