impressed by much of the ceremonies and the vibrant colours, I attempted something I've never tried before, quick impressions of moving images on the tv. fibre tip pens are great for rapid scribbles!
I shall be sorry to see Dr Rowan Williams make his departure from Canterbury: the country needs a fearless prophet!

I've been using the bus rather than the car recently: the positive is that it gives time to observe and quickly record wht I see in a few scribbles: the negative is that sometimes one hears what one would prefer not to hear: as I scribbled the image of the old man sat in front of me. two students opposite in whose direction he was looking were sharing experiences of being drunk at a party: one was describing graphically to the other how his mate was so drunk that he drank his own vomit. I couldn't work out whether the old man's expression was disgust or whether he was deaf!

travelling by train gives glimpses of folk in their own private world, boundaried by fear, andterrified of encounter, so there's a retreat into headphone, i-phone or vacant staring avoiding eye contact at all costs.

there's something strangely religious/spiritual in folk having their hair done: elements of service, attentiveness, patience, vulnerability and intimacy.

water across the harbour like glass, sculptures and gentle dance of vessel and birds,

What is about dogs and their pets? There's something rather bizarre about humans trotting along behind what sometimes appears to be little balls of fur jumping about and then the human scabbling around for its owner's excrement to gather it up and ceremoniously drop it in a bin or take it home as a trophy!

Attended the Maundy Thurday Chrism Eucharist at the Cathedral, something I haven't done for several years.  Clergy spotting can be a fascinating  pastime, if not a little disquieting. Whos wants to be seeen by whom? Who doesn't get seen?