Entertaining

[lizwilliams]

I picked Rachel Pollack up at the Tarot Association of the British Isles' conference yesterday and took her back into Glastonbury. Having crassly double booked, I then left her in town in the capable hands of T, while I went to Bristol for someone's initiation, but RP and I did manage to get some shopping done this morning.

In the local second hand bookstore, we found a lot of tarot and other decks and a Writers' Retreat Kit, consisting of a little journal and a pen, and a guide.

Me: But where's the large bottle of booze??
R: Or the razor to slit your wrists halfway through the week??

We are toying with the idea of producing a real Writers' Retreat Kit but suspect that this might be difficult to market to anywhere lacking a liquor license.

Then I took Rachel back to the station, said goodbye with great reluctance and came back into town to meet a friend's parents for lunch: they're over from the States. We went round the Abbey and took a guided tour from a Pilgrim, who had a suspiciously un-British accent (turns out this Medieval personage comes from Binghampton, in upper NY state). I have to say that he was an excellent guide.

Amd now it's raining again. The orchard is full of frogs.

Comments

[ethereal-lad.livejournal.com]

Rachel is a real sweet heart. I'm glad she had a good time.

[vaughan-stanger.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Writers' Retreat Kit should be rebranded as the Milford Newbie's Survival Guide?

;-)

V.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

On a complete tanget, if purplecthulhu and I were to be in Glastonbury some time in August, is there any chance that I could come and meet Sid? :-)

[(Anonymous)]

Of course! Is this likely to be a weekend? (I ask because I'll be teaching Mon-Wed at Sussex througout th first 3 weeks of Aug). Let me know and I'll give you our phone numbers etc. Be good to see you!

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Great! We should be flexible, as D will be working at home. So we can avoid those problem Mon-Weds :-)

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be in Binghamton (no P) on Friday, on the way to a festival, and again at the end of the month for a family reunion. People from there keep popping up in the most unexpected places. :)

[mythandwonder.livejournal.com]

Rachel is awesome! She'll be teaching for our conference in November. (I'm Helena, by the way, seer_eridanus sent me!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

She'll be great. I've learned so much from her.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

PS; and you're most welcome to the LJ!

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Binghamton? No way! That's where I live. (or rather, that's the largest city likely to be found on a map near where I live.) And we exported a history person over to England? Cool!

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry about my spelling! Yes, you did, and he was a most engaging guide.

[lizardqueen.livejournal.com]

BINGHAMTON?? Way way! I graduated from college there (Harpur, as it was then, is now Binghamton University), lived there from '65 to '67! It's a small world after all...

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Note that "upper NY state" is properly "Upstate New York." (Also note that some people don't consider it far enough north to be Upstate.) There's no reason for it, but at least it makes more sense than "Downstate" for all of Illinois outside the Chicago area.

If he was a native of Binghamton, he would have sounded completely accentless to me, just as the late Rod Serling did (I'm from Ulster County, which is in the same area.)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Amd now it's raining again. The orchard is full of frogs.

Fortean events in the orchard?

You do have all the fun.

[(Anonymous)]

That really would be an excellent first line of a novel.
- Ben J

[(Anonymous)]

Alkehol? Surely chocolate, a LOT of chocolate...that's what helps me through the writing!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I just misread your last line as 'the orchestra is full of frogs'.

Michael at the Abbey

[(Anonymous)]

I was so surprised to see Michael walking around the Abbey grounds last year that I didn't know how to approach him, so I asked if the monks had returned to the Abbey. He laughed and we talked a while. He's engaging and has an infectious smile. Glad to know he's still around.