Clare M. Dowding

Sounds like a plan!

Each, or collectively?

Have been in London this week, will be heading back west tomorrow lunchtime, until Friday. Dad's making progress, Mam's keeping going.

As I was brushing my teeth this morning, I thought "I must wish Frances a happy birthday" - and then promptly forgot 🤦‍♀️.
So while there's still an hour and a half of the day left: Happy Birthday! 🎉
It sounds like the conference was a very good occasion, and I'm glad you had a fruitful day.

A photo of a diary, opened at a black page, with a pen poised to make an entry

Our online calendar now lists more than 650 retreats, quiet days and other events taking place across the UK this year... where and when might you go? promotingretreats.org #retreat #quietday #prayer

That could have been so much worse - there has been a distinct improvement in the last couple of games.

Would be lovely but ain't gonna happen.

What the ... ? Sweet Caroline?! What fresh hell is this?

#IREvWAL
#6Nations

It was a 1990s advert for 2020s technology - and not in a good way in either respect.

The second photo makes it look like he's wearing his suit shoes, which also adds a certain something.

Forget about mad giraffes, there'd have been a whole zoo running towards the try line!

So much this:

Rhys Carré hits the try line.

Small earthquake recorded in Dublin.

#IREvWAL
#6Nations

Take care of yourself, Leonie, and I hope you feel better in due course.

I hope all's well with you - it sounds like it, which is good.

@petergraystone.bsky.social Just to say that I enjoyed your Diary in this week's @churchtimes.bsky.social - thank you!

Somewhat reminds me of the duck which my aunt knitted for me when I was a baby: something went wrong with the stuffing, and that combined with the look it had from how she'd sewed the eyes resulted in my dad naming it Vernon the Violent Duck.
(I think Vernon may be in a box in my parents' loft ...)

Same - I moved to Radio 3 at breakfast time years ago, and then for the whole day during Covid.

Mind you, I do miss the pips ...

You do mean The Onion, right?

Chasing 300, all out for 89 in 12 overs messy ...

I think this is going to get messy ...

#ENGvIND
#BBCCricket
#T20WorldCup

Not to worry, @jabberkate.bsky.social's response provided the answer. At least +Manchester isn't going until next year, though ...

Who's going now?

Ooh, I *like* the fireplace and surround in the front room!

What a wonderful idea, and a lovely way of keeping them in mind.

The Power of Poetry   with things falling apart and anarchy let loose,   it was only poetry, he found, which had any use,   so he reached for his copy   of The Complete Works of Yeats   and bludgeoned the President of the United States Brian Bilston

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

Because Wales was just a title to them, not a country. When Diana got rid of various patronages after the divorce, all the specifically Welsh charities suddenly found themselves getting the boot.

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Possibly a few more than several!

Yay! Looking forward to hearing your dulcet tones again this season.