Too long between posts.  May to today.
But lots has happened between then and now and it will be impossible to go through it all again.
Highlights include a trip up north to the midlands on a research project with Y6 children and handheld computers (Palm Zire 72s).  Interesting, not least for the Stourbridge and Greater Dudley area – formerly an industriual powerhouse and now a retail park and a canalside development.  The people were great – school was wonderful and the children, in spite of being Baggies fans, did not tease me about Palace going down.

What else?  We got some money from  various charities for our technology driven carbival project.

I went to Bristol (again) and spent the day thinking about smartphones in good company.  Finished with a beer by the Harbourside development and almost missed my train.

Home – loads of decorating.  Both A and Jks bedrooms – which meant everything of theirs was in our room including them.  And we were downstairs.  Coming back to normal now.

We paid for someone to decorate this time round – also to do the front and back of the house.  Worth every penny even though it was a but hard for us.  Worth it for Graham’s company round the house. Someone happy in their work when we are often not.  Especially J who ishaving a bad time.

Music – 3 bands in a week then nothing.  Just like buses.
South San Gabriel with Mr G.  Very slow and stately Americana – like all the slow Sparklehorse songs but even slower and played with huge concentration.  Resulted in heavy drinking and was not the ideal intro to the week ahead.  On Wednesday of that week with Richard to Teenage Fanclub.  Joyous.  They generate such a huge amount of happiness.  There”s even a new song about getting older and even that sounds joyous.  On Friday of that week J and I to Hammersmith where we first lived together.  To the Lyric for Vetiver and M.Ward.  Before that a Thai meal and a long drive over with Debi who was meeting someone to see it.
Reverential atmosphere and indigestion ensured that Devendra Banhart and co in Vetiver did not go down well with me.  Why do they look so pleased with themselves?  The songs are just OK. one or two good ones.  M.Ward on the other hand was magical.  Here was someone doing something different with the raw materials, the same things, the same chords, but the playing was gorgeous.
I will travel a long way to see him another time.

Now working on surviving a work move.  Moved stuff from old office to new office today.
The view is worth all the lugging boxes in the heat.  I can see all the way over to the west End – and the Post Office Tower (as I still call it).

Thinking now about doing some writing fro the thesis and some guitar playing and getting in some food.  Too hot to cook.  Just sit and look out at the garden and not do much tonight.

There are some pictures of missing events and I must learn how to get them from my phone into the blog.