Not an especially remarkable occasion but then again, at such an age, birthdays are more an opportunity for sober philosophic reflection than jelly and ice cream.

A copy of John Cage's Every Day Is A Good Day is due to arrive on Thursday - a present from Mme Waffle. The title says it all for - really - each day is a birth of sorts, an occasion for becomings. If only one has the presence of mind & the energy.

Here's to 365 such days.