A Few Green Leaves Friday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

A Few Green Leaves is the final novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1980, the year of Pym's death. Although several novels written before her rediscovery were published posthumously, A Few Green Leaves was the last she wrote.

In the mid-1970s, anthropologist Emma Howick comes to live in a cottage belonging to her mother in an Oxfordshire village, planning to write up her study of new towns. But she turns her anthropologist's eye on the villagers, considering them as subjects for another paper.

They include the rector Tom, his elder sister Daphne who came to 'make a home' for him after the death of his wife, two doctors (a generation apart in age and attitudes) and their wives, a food critic, a bohemian academic couple and a number of spinsters. Emma ponders whether she could adjust permanently to village life, and notes the changes that time has wrought on local customs. Among them are the decline of the manor house, which was once the site of regular gatherings for locals, but is now off limits except on a few occasions. As in many of Pym's novels, the Anglican Church plays a key role, although few people now attend the church.

Emma is single, to the disquiet of her mother and others, who seem to see her career goals as incomplete without marriage. Emma faces two potential love matches. First, a former lover, Graham Pettifer – also an academic – rents a cottage near the village to complete a book he is working on, and Emma is drawn back into his life, even though she is not sure how she feels about him and even finds him rather boring. She meets his estranged wife, the glamorous Claudia. Second, Tom's sister moves away, leaving him with only a rather unsatisfactory daily woman as domestic help. He begins to view Emma as a romantic partner.

At the end of the book, Emma chooses to remain in the village, write a novel, and pursue a relationship with Tom. Although much has declined in village life, Emma decides to step away from her objective scientific view of the community and join it.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

L.Ann, thank you for the book recommendation - I'll have to look that one up.

Dogged, what are maggi?.I haven't come across them before.

I managed to cut both the Girls' nails before I quickly got changed and then walked down the hill to the parish church for the churchwardens' commissioning service. That took about an hour, and then we had refreshments, and then DF PL gave me.a.very welcome lift back up the hill. Back home, DH had managed to put away around half of the groceries, but seemed clueless about where the potatoes, bread flour, peppers and cereal live, despite him using.them.every day!

Today is going to be hot again, and I have aot to do outside, so, to maximise the use of the shade, I need to work in the front garden early.and the back garden later on in the evening,. especially as I need to spray the roses. I also need to feed Cookie,.and water DNeighbour S&T's plants . And maybe.cit Freddie's nails?

[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out." Robert Collier, Author

[Kittykatt]

Today's list:

Cuddles on the bed with Matilda, Jude and Freddie
QT
Physio exercises
Up, shower, personal care and dress
All cats fed
Take Freddie out early
Breakfast and meds /supplements -me
Rubbish down to bins
Go for my walk
Run hoover round downstairs?
Quick dust sitting room?
Garden time - can I feed pots? A little deadheading?
Lunch
Delicate /wool wash
Clean shoes
Polish bag
Fold laundry and PA
Clean sheets and towels out of the airing cupboard
Does DH have choir practice? Not those evening
Cats' supper
Our supper
Bed at a reasonable time!

Extras:
Feed Cookie am, pm
Water DNeighbours S&T's plants
Email PS the coffee rota
Email DM
Email Green Gardener

Garden extras:
Feed roses with liquid feed
Spray roses in front garden
Spray roses in back garden
Feed pots
Trim bits on hedge
Weed / deadhead

[Kittykatt]

I won my race with the sun in the front garden, and the roses are now fed, deadheaded and sprayed. And the front path swept. I've had a chat with DF CW and walked Freddie. It's now 29 C / 84 F, so I'm back inside until it cools down later on.

[Kittykatt]

Today's list:

Cuddles on the bed with Matilda, Jude and Freddie
QT
Physio exercises
Up, shower, personal care and dress
All cats fed
Take Freddie out early
Breakfast and meds /supplements -me
Rubbish down to bins
Go for my walk
Run hoover round downstairs?
Quick dust sitting room?
Garden time - can I feed pots? A little deadheading?
Lunch
Delicate /wool wash
Clean shoes
Polish bag
Fold laundry and PA
Clean sheets and towels out of the airing cupboard
Does DH have choir practice? Not those evening
Cats' supper
Our supper
Bed at a reasonable time!

Extras:
Feed Cookie am, pm
Water DNeighbours S&T's plants
Email PS the coffee rota
Email DM
Email Green Gardener
Chat with DF CW

Garden extras:
Feed roses with liquid feed
Spray roses in front garden
Deadhead roses in front garden
Sweep front path
Spray roses in back garden
Feed pots
Trim bits on hedge
Weed / deadhead
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[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” —Og Mandino

[helia]

I'm having some trouble with this website. Is anyone else?

That storyline sounds vaguely familiar, Kitty. I wonder if I read that book long ago? WTG on winning the race! Now you can enjoy a beautiful spiffied front garden.

Our AQI is at 432 right now, so a little better than yesterday at this time but still in the hazardous range. It's still very hazy outside and the sun is orange. I'll wear a new N95 mask as I walk to and from payroll from the parking lot.

Today: This morning I'll go to the gym, pack, prep for class. I'll teach 1:40 - 3:30, and then we'll load the car and drive to another city to cheer on J12yo in her swim meet. The girls will be there too! I'm not sure what the dinner plan is.

Next:
- back exercises
- gym: stair master
- s2s and self care

Later:
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- make bed
- finish reclaiming kitchen
- some qt
- payroll: prep for AAS D7
- payroll: update gradelink
- prep grad card for AR for the mail
- if time, start on exam prep?
- pack for overnight trip: clothes, toiletries, food, cold - milk (I think it's shelf stable but just in case), electronics, books
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D7
- load car
- DRIVE to other city
- try to see J12yo's races at 6:45 and 7:10 (she will have already swum several times already -- these are the first we can possibly see)
- dinner out??
- settle into hotel
- duolingo
- update WW
- update MFP

TaDas:
- up; weighed self - up 1.4 lbs overnight?? Not sure that is real/ correct
- coffee
- dw 1/2 emptied
- email deletions; weather website + AQI websites

[helia]

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Fri 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D7/ 4ish - travel to other city for J12yo's swim meet
Sat cheer on J12yo at swim meet!/ drive home
Sun 10-church/ can I get in a longer jog?

Mon 11-1 payroll: tutorial / 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D8
Tue 9-10 payroll: CA ci mtg with AC/ 10-12ish? KS2J get together?/ Host Tuesday dinner group?
Wed 11-1 payroll: tutorial/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D9
Thu 8 - WW/ 11 - 12 haircut in other town/ 2-3 work out with AS
Fri 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D10/ Dinner out with the Rs
Sat 8 - 5K run/ 5:30 CG1 - will we host?
Sun 10-church/ 6ish host Sunday dinner/ 8:15 family zoom call

7/13 - 7/19 Dinner Menus
M - green salad olive chicken, rice, veggie TBD
T - on my own for dinner: leftover olive chicken, rice, hummus, cold veggie slices
W - rotisserie chicken, rice, broccoli
Th - spinach ravioli, homemade tomato sauce, tomato and cucumber salad (there's a parasitic illness from some sort of fresh veggie (the thought is lettuce) with greatly increased incidences in our state right now--> we won't eat lettuce for a while)
F - on the road/ in other city
Sat - chicken mole', rice, mixed veggies?
Sun - NO group dinner (I think)

JULY Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?

This Week - Deskwork
- graduation card + check written to AR
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project?

This Week - Errands
- car wash - badly needed
- can I return another pair of shoes?
- can I return wrong coffee pods?

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- set up new laptop