Now I’m working full time, I’m enjoying having bank holidays off. I went to Field Day on Saturday, which was really fun despite it not being a festival I’d normally go to, and on Sunday I went to Farleys House. It was so interesting to be in the home of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, with incredible artwork including a Picasso wall tile, plus learning about the work of photographer Dorothy Bohm, and eating lunch in the gardens, filled with sculptures.
Monday was a personal healing journey, marking the anniversary of the “break” that turned into a break-up. I went to a rage room for the first time having wanted to go for years, followed it with a picnic in the sun with a couple of dedicated art therapy pals, and ended with a floatation tank.
Today I had my Spanish passport appointment. Thankfully, it went smoothly despite them somehow making an error on my Spanish birth certificate that I didn’t clock – who is MATEO?! After a couple of dishes at Brindisa, I went with my parents to the James McNeill Whistler exhibition, where I enjoyed the references to butterflies and was particularly drawn to the nocturnes.
This Sunday all being well, there is the usual Forest Hill Stanza open mic at Forest Hill library 2-4pm. Otherwise, I’m making the most of the good weather by swimming outdoors as much as possible and reading in the sun.
Watching:Â I Love Dick, Younger, Something Bad is Going to Happen
Reading:Â Time Regained by Marcel Proust, The Problem with Men by Richard Herring
Podcasts:Â Jillian on Love, What Now? with Trevor Noah, Teal Swan
Music:Â Patrice Roberts, Interplanetary Criminal, Kilimanjaro, Flowdan, PJ Harvey, Olivia Rodrigo, The Plot in You
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