Friday 10 July:

In sharp contrast to yesterday, this morning’s harbourside dawn walk was taken under clear skies and bright early morning sunshine. While I stood beside the marina, one of the fishermen I regularly see walked on to the jetty in front of me. As usual, we nodded our ‘good morning’ greetings. He always stands to fish; his equipment is very simple: just one rod and one net. I watched him cast his first line into the water… and within 30 seconds, he’d caught his first fish (some 25cm?). We looked at each other… and we both smiled.

Morning coffee indoors (despite the nice weather)…

Finished my excellent ‘Black+British’ book (and scribbled up a blog summary review, as usual). My next book (‘An American Marriage’) is the StorySmith bookgroup book.

Spent much of the morning writing emails to Tom and Richard – commenting on last night’s PCC meeting… and received nice replies from both of them (with Richard urging me to ‘stay on’ the re-ordering group for a little while longer so I can ensure a decent ‘handover’ – and he’s probably right… although I seriously wonder if there will be a re-ordering group beyond the Autumn).

Ruth popped in on her way home from her long morning’s work at the Southville Centre… and it was lovely to see her.

Watched another ‘Young Montalbano’ episode in the evening (although, according to Moira, I nodded off a couple of times!).

Image: oranges from the fruitbowl.