Scannedthe LRB and saved it for later as it requires lengthy and devout attention (a 'Dispatches from Beirut' edition plus Eamon Duffy on Lancelot Andrewes);
Prepared a homily for the Book of Common Prayer devotees and a session for the 11-plus group;
Produced two baptism certificates and eight godparents certificates;
Set up in church ready for tomorrow (tealights on tin foil on round-here-essential white lace tablecloths), as I'm doing a foreigner in a neighbouring parish first thing in the morning;
Written two reviews for Coracle (one on a footballer's autobiography, the other on a collection of cutting-edge liturgy);
... and between all that, delighted in following highlights of the arrival of the Clippers, using the fantastic online AISLiverpool Gascam, which gives a (live and archived) view across the Mersey, northwards to the Lennox oil and gas rig in Liverpool Bay. All water and gulls most of the time, but at 11:03:42 this morning the river mouth was full of boats.
john davies
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