Glad to hear your news, I trust the McAdder clan is keeping well. It has been a week full of thunderstorms, watermelon and much flopping about here, but Saturday was rather fun; having wiped the floor with the competition in the early morning kickabout (I scored a goal! on purpose!) I met up with Gaby after her course and went to see Ridaut give a keynote speech about creativity at an artist's conference.
We missed the speech itself, and it turned out to be a conference for Christian visual artists which was a bit odd (people kept calling us to prayer and warning us against the evil of sensuality creeping into our work, etc; someone asked me what church I was from and I accidentally told him I was Ridaut's wife's husband), but there was a giant, two-person Nintendo controller and a load of child-size airplanes for some reason, and we got talking to a cool guy who I might be opening a café with (he was talking very fast at this point).
Otherwise we've been grappling with the whole second-wedding issue, which is all very complicated and would be best summed up over Skype, methinks, but suffice to say we seem to be in agreement now. I've also made what may be the final online playlist (https://play.spotify.com/user/freddypowys/playlist/5zphsag8jjPNVUJLHpwF9C), in this particular format at least, since the Tapely site is closing down in a few weeks; however I will look into other options so you won't have to go back to listening to the Eagles.
I am intrigued by Jub's cryptic French proverb about amusing carpets - is it an equivalent to filling sausages, Brazilian-style? Can no one just play for time in these countries without indulging in these bizarre and deranged acts? My phrase du jour, "pau pra toda obra", means "stick of all trades" and is used to describe someone who is handy and willing to help in any situation (or just a really useful stick).
Hope all well, and see you shortly!
Phred
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