Momentous Date!
Thursday, January 6th, 2005 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tamaranthToday, something happened that hasn't happened for years -- possibly for a decade.
I received a letter (and a very late Christmas card) from my cousin Madeleine in France.
I've sent them various cards, letters, photos and updates over the years since my father first went into the nursing home, but have never had a reply until now. I'm amazed (and happy) to hear that my final aunt is still alive ("no pain but age"), and that my cousins' children are all finishing their various degrees ...
(Madeleine turns out to be working for the Bibliotheque Nationale, conserving the documents of the Societe de Geographie, including the accounts of various 17th-century explorers. I wonder if it was the mention of Dampier that inspired her to write?!)
And it's a lovely day: so warm and sunny that I sat on a bench at the top of Lewisham Hill and soaked up sun on my bare arms.
And I'm about to head off and have a swim and then pay a fleeting (or not) visit to the Tun.
I received a letter (and a very late Christmas card) from my cousin Madeleine in France.
I've sent them various cards, letters, photos and updates over the years since my father first went into the nursing home, but have never had a reply until now. I'm amazed (and happy) to hear that my final aunt is still alive ("no pain but age"), and that my cousins' children are all finishing their various degrees ...
(Madeleine turns out to be working for the Bibliotheque Nationale, conserving the documents of the Societe de Geographie, including the accounts of various 17th-century explorers. I wonder if it was the mention of Dampier that inspired her to write?!)
And it's a lovely day: so warm and sunny that I sat on a bench at the top of Lewisham Hill and soaked up sun on my bare arms.
And I'm about to head off and have a swim and then pay a fleeting (or not) visit to the Tun.
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Date: Thursday, January 6th, 2005 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, January 6th, 2005 03:38 pm (UTC)BTW: sounds very proustian to me...
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Date: Thursday, January 6th, 2005 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, January 6th, 2005 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, January 7th, 2005 12:22 pm (UTC)Hi! I've just started a Stage Beauty Community (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=stage_beauty) and as you list it as one of your interests I wondered if you would like to join? :D
the next day
Date: Friday, January 7th, 2005 12:57 pm (UTC)Re: the next day
Date: Sunday, January 9th, 2005 10:34 pm (UTC)Glad you're feeling brighter, anyway!
Re: the next day
Date: Monday, January 10th, 2005 10:04 am (UTC)