It’s been languishing since November, but at last I’ve managed to go through the notes exported from ProTools and transfer them across to Finale. They still need work – voice-leading is horrible, for example – but at least it’s progress, and even better, it was something I *wanted* to do (to the extent that I got up at 8 in the morning on a Sunday while djeli was still sleeping), not something I forced myself to do, which is the best sign of all.

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The sticky chicken thighs from Jamie Oliver’s Jamie at Home book. Really quite stunningly delicious. Huzzah for leftovers!

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I’ve been slowly working my way through the Bainbridge scarf. I think I’m about halfway now. It’s a little tricky to work on on the train because I think I need slighly longer double-pointed needles so I always need to be watching it to make sure the stitches don’t slip off.

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Started on the book I borrowed yesterday

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… which has been very interesting and useful. Going to put aside The Dada Seminars now for a bit.

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The Imperial College library blessed me with both scores AND CDs for Britten’s Peter Grimes and Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino, plus a book which looks useful for the Satie/Dada article

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Aiming to get to the end of the Evola article this week so I can focus on books that are in the Imperial College library while I have access to them.

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… while on a saunter around the environs. Thought I might as well ask if I was allowed to borrow & see if they had any good CSS books. I never found out because was waylaid by the most awesome collection of modern classical CDs and scores and music books ever accidentally discovered in a science and technology university library. WOW!

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Very bad place in my head, so I consoled myself with CDs from HMV – the Warlock Capriol/The Curlew/etc. sung by John Mark Ainsley with the Nash Ensemble on Hyperion (and on sale) and a Naxos CD of piano music by John Tavener. Should keep the spirits up!

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An after-hour tours, with laid-on wine and strawberries and various other nibblies forbidden to me. Very interesting tour, although I do think £25 was a bit steep for members, but it was enjoyable and interesting and we got to see parts of the house not normally open to the public, which was cool. I took a heap of photos, mostly of musical instruments. And now we’re members of Kew Gardens too!

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