Singing as the Darkness Lifts

Deciding to hang around after last night's concert resulted in getting to see Joan Baez before she boarded her tour bus and departed. I loved offering her a handshake and looking her in the eyes to tell her that her work was good. The three of us had good handshakes - she said so. A magical moment shared with good people has me smiling.

I thought it was just my sister that videoed me when I thought she was just taking a photo, but I did love this moment of cow whispering on a sunny walk this afternoon.

I loved having a seaside kind of day on Saturday. It was so sunny I had to buy a t-shirt because I hadn't packed one and then I got to beachcomb and play with this shadowsome one. In the evening it was time to celebrate 40 years of marriage of two lovely friends. A little dancing, a lot of laughter and plenty of good conversation in the room.

Yesterday I learnt how to throw a curve ball and today I threw my first ever excellent curve ball just so I could catch Mew. It made me smile.

Loved a visit to parts of the coast that were new to me. I needed to see the sea and to be at the end of a place because sometimes that's the only kind of place that will clear the mind.

In the still air we heard the buzz of bees. There were probably only three of them following us following the path, but they were certainly loud. It is likely that they were only following the path to dip in and out of the primroses, but they had a definite presence.

I wrote this: She She has the soul of a black jaguar. Death was her idea. She was there when the first baby cried – made its breath from smoke. She created diamonds from dust and spun them into stars. She has swum through your darkest, deepest thoughts to gift you dreams and nightmares. and he wrote loads, but also this: