Dracula and the Saints

I have recently read and enjoyed two quite different books by Giles Morgan in the Pocket Essentials series. The one on Siants usefully takes you through the various well known "saints" and gives some of the background to the subject. The one on Dracula foocusses on Bram Stoker's work but gives the background and brings things up todate with a history of Dracula in the cinema. Fascinating books both.

Day Off Week 3 2023

Tuesday seemed a bit bitty but it was okay. I finished the book on Sants that I was reading last time and read a big chunk of the book on Christ in the Old Testament entioned last time. I helped my son with his tax returns and did some work on a lecture I am givng next Monday. I alos spent some time drawing, which I like to do from time to time. For a lunch treat I wnt to Chipotle. I often go to the one in West Hampstead but this time I went to Baker Street, glad to get out. In the evening we watched the next Happy Valley. Great drama.

Day Off Week 2 2023

So back to more of a regular routine this week with the famous Tuesday Day Off. My eldest son had visited the Library when he was here and so I read the brief The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People he borrowed and enjoyed it, although now my youngest son, who has dyslexia, is 21 you read in a different way. According to the book, dyslexia is inherited. It mentions the book The Vicar of Nibbleswicke by Roald Dahl which I did not know of. I am not a Dahl fan but I thought I would send for a copy. I also read more of the Giles Morgan book on Saints and a Five Views book I have bought on Christ in the Old Testament. I also watched University Challenge which I had not been able to watch the day before. In the evening we watched the next Happy Valley episode. I also did some writng on a project I have on and tried to sort out a dental appointment.

Day Off Week 40 2022

The main thing today was reading  little book on St George by Giles Morgan. About ten years ago I bought a little bundle of hardback books on various such subjects but I haven't ade much of dent in them. I enjpyed the journey from ancient history through to Bob Marley and David Beckham. I did some of my reading in the Swis Cottage Library - outside dn then inside. - where I've not been for a while. Had a good chat wth a Jewish man who was there. Watched some TV in the evening.