Today has been devoted to preparing the next issue of the Shuttle, the quarterly Newsletter of Kennet Valley Guild. It is an issue with a single topic, the Newbury Coat weekend. So there was much revamping of formats, re-ordering of material and finding out that, while I have a lot of material, there are obvious lacunae. Much telephoning and fawning emails. Especially since I have to have the proof ready (and that means proof-read) by next weekend. I have not started on selecting photos yet as I thought it better to get the text together. And in the middle of all this, I get an email forwarded by my niece, Cally Booker, from Handwoven who want to do an article about said Newbury Coat. Fame at last! Actually it turned out that they wanted to do an interview. So I hastily 'persuaded' Linda Scurr who organised the Newbury Coat weekend that she needed to do the interview and returned to my grovelling emails.
I spent the afternoon sorting out the warp of a student weaver. The loom arrived with a tangled mass of cotton attached and left with a nice neat tied-on warp ready for weaving.
No textiles at all today unless I start now but I feel more like a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit.
Last night I went with a friend to the Malvern Theatres Complex to see a High-Definition Live Showing of an opera, The Turn of the Screw, from Glyndebourne. The screen was enormous and you really had the impression of the stage being right there. It was a fantastic production and performance. Michael thought that it was all in the governess's mind but I never thought so and last night it was played for real, as real as a ghost story can be. My friend, Joyce, was bowled over and admitted that she did not like Britten but thought last night was wonderful and has changed her mind. I must get her to Billy Budd or Peter Grimes. I have persuaded her that she needs to go to Glyndebourne next summer!! In addition we have signed up to go to two further performances of opera done the same way, this time from the Met.
Now for that cup of tea.
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