Shed no tear! oh, shed no tear!The flower will bloom another year. (keats) Sáncta María, Máter Déi, óra pro nóbis peccatóribus, nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstræ. Amen. Today, I was going to write about the narcissism of writing but that will be for another day. My other reason for writing this daily diary is [...]
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Sunday 29th. March The Coronet Diaries.
BELL IS TEACHING ME ORIGAMI Today, we have been re-united with our grandchildren who live independently in the house and from whom we have been isolated for two weeks. Bell is 8 and Zac was one on March 18th. Even Dido, who is in a state of constant heightened anxiety and finds the constant Skyping [...]
Saturday 28th March. The Coronet Diaries.
Today I am going to celebrate the humble loo roll and mourn the passing of the bidet. Louis-Léopold Boille - 18C bidet in use I can never find the passage, but maybe someone else can recall it in The Unbearable Lightness of Being where Kundera writes about the unspoken significance and importance in any household of [...]
Friday March 27th. The Coronet Diaries.
It is 7.30 and I have made my bed, gargled, meditated and done my yoga with more ease and breath today. Swallowed some elderflower Sambucal Vit C. I have heard that our precious GP has turned the corner and is starting to find his breath again today. Last night at 8 PM the majority of [...]
Thursday March 26th. The Coronet Diaries.
ENDGAME (Beckett) Patrick McGee (photo John Haynes) Last night was not a good night; not at all. First, I heard, at a late hour, from someone that they had lost a young friend of nineteen when an UK teaching hospital had been unable to preserve his life. While it was reported in the Italian press [...]
Wednesday 15th March. The Coronet Diaries.
My little grandson Zac wont be seeing any of these. (Cornwall summer 2019) I woke up around 1 AM from a dream about death and rejection. It took place on a cataclysmic landscape. People only tend to find their own dreams interesting so I shall not elaborate... I can't put out of mind, nor remember [...]
Tuesday 24th March. The Coronet Diaries.
Hmmm. We are not going to risk our morning walk in the park today in the hope that the runners in Regent's Park Outer and Inner Circles will become a little more concerned with public health and stop owning the pavements. Fortunately, Dido has her beloved dog walker coming today although the pack is shrinking. [...]
