My two best birthday presents ...

... the book & DVD set of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's notebooks/dance performances & a painting by Pippa Darbyshire (who happened to be exhibiting her work in the hotel this weekend).

A cold but brilliantly sunny day - not that I saw much of it being closeted in the school gym for a Parent Teacher conference. Managed, though, to go for a walk in the woods with A. before the light faded.

Bought a copy of Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain & the Housewife's Handy Book (date?) at the second hand book & CD sale. Of which more to follow ...