It’s misty by the sea, and honestly a spot of rain was refreshing after being cooked awake in London this morning. In a break with habit I came down by train. Lou has a car here now so Bergie is surplus to requirements, and actually it probably works out about the same for an open return as it does in petrol and parking. Train is quicker too even though it’s pretty much the same door to door.
I found it disconcerting though, not having him. I actually had to think about things I keep in him for emergencies like contact lenses. My car is like a great big overnight bag. For a long time there was even a full set of bedding in there. Towels. Chargers. He’s a workhorse.
Leaving the flat was slow. I wanted to look at some lines and the heat was slowing me down. Had a cold shower at 11am. Finally got out at about noon.
I’ve started a new book. There’s the joy of trains. You can read. Much as I’ve been enjoying the endless ridiculous dynamic between Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling on the prolific and palatable crime podcast “Murder they Wrote,” I am happy to have started on something a little more challenging. I’m not gonna say what I’m reading right now as its one of those books that people ostentatiously read on the tube if they want to look clever. I’m barely into it and have no idea if I’m gonna persist with it right now as it is huge and halfway through the trip a woman with sad eyes guilted me into filling in a “very satisfied” survey about national rail that wasted twenty minutes of my life only to crash in a tunnel and refuse to reload.
This evening we watched Deep Cover. Lou wanted to see it. I’m just a flash in it and it was a delight to work on so it’s fun to share it with people. It really adds to things when the dynamic on set is so bright. More like that please.
Tomorrow we can kick back together. I’m just here to see her and spend a bit of time, no plans and nothing we need to achieve so we can just roll into nature and share the late summer awhile. Tomorrow hopefully we will see some yew trees… Things will pick up again soon so I’m enjoying the fact I can relax even if I have to be careful of spending now…
AlBarclay 