4 nights leave

My dear Friends

I am halfway through a leave of 4 nights, quite a relief. On Thursday I left the hospital about 10am and went home to meet a visitor who popped in just before lunch. Then I went to the local library to see if I could put the latest Newsletter (actually from September) on the Blog but the nice little guy who helps me wasn't there so it will have to wait.

Popped into town around 4pm and decided on the spur of the moment to go to the cinema, where something nice was showing at that very moment-a film about the poet Keats, his life and romances in Hampstead in London, which is where I was born! Anyhow it made for very nice, easy viewing, as I sipped a large coke in the cinema. It was showing in the Arts Picturehouse, where all the trendy films are shown,and there is a nice bar where you can just hang out and enjoy a coffee or a beer.

Back home I spent a quiet evening. In the morning I went to the Arundel House Hotel for some coffee and a read of a French novel I picked up. Then I proceeded to church and ended up being a sponsor for a little travelling girl's confirmation today. She is part of a large family of travellers, just back from Italy and in between times they visit St Laurence's, our local church, to be baptised or confirmed or take their first Holy Communion.

Mass at 12.30 then a sandwich and on to the Science library in town, where I can access my university library account. I actully wrtoe 500 words on the sequel to my autobiography. The title to this one is 'With open shirt and tinkling guitar' and is a quote from a WH Auden poem, which I will quote to you another day.

On to see my CPN in Starbucks, where we dicussed my progress over a scone and a large latte coffee. Quite enough for one day, so I traipsed home, tired, to bring in the Shabbat with some lovely white candles.

See you soon
Shabbat Shalom
Sister Gila

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