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Here are the top stories this week!
It's all a bit mad, though, isn't it,
if we're honest, that is!!!
And yet... and yet... these stories bring a pleasant, if conspiratorial, smile to the faces of me and my wife Lois here on our near-daily walk this chilly November morning, here in semi-arboreal Liphook, Hampshire - no doubts on that score !!!!
my wife Lois and me, taking our near-daily walk this chilly November morning,
here in semi-arboreal Liphook, Hampshire - brrrrrrrr!!!!!!!
We're both feeling a bit "
rough about the edges", today a bit like the park we're walking in, not to mention my somewhat battered "cap" (!). You see, our window-cleaner, Jason, had told us he'd be with us, "some time between 9 and 10am", but then turned up at almost exactly 9:59am - the young scamp!!!! Plus, even our usual afternoon in bed is squeezed to a paltry 2 hours today, which is mad!!!
However, we're determined to keep going, because we've got an exciting evening ahead of us, to put it mildly!
Our daughter Alison, who lives with husband Edward and their 3 teenage kids, in nearby Headley, is picking us up at 3:15pm and whisking us away from "country-bumpkin-land" to catch the 4pm train to the bright lights of London, so we can see a couple of plays/monologues being performed in a trendy club near Waterloo Station, which is mad too!
(above) our train route to London tonight, and (below) our destination -
the Lower Marsh Arts Club, near London's Waterloo station.
"But
exactly why are you swapping '
country-bumpkin-land' for the bright lights of London today, Colin?", I hear you cry!
Well, there's a simple reason! My baby-sister Gill (68) has written two plays/monologues that are going to be performed there at fringe theatre Lower Marsh Arts Club tonight, by the "happening" feminist troupe the Yellow Coat Theatre Company, which is really amazing, and exciting, to boot, if that were not enough!!!!
(left) the Yellow Coat Theatre Company - logo "Of course I'm hot, I'm 50!" - which is, currently performing two of my baby-sister Jill's plays, and (right) my sister Jill with two of the players
A wonderful, and, so far, unique experience for Lois and me to see Jill's work being performed, but she's currently working for a master's in creative writing, so I'm sure there'll be more where that came from!
At the tender age of 68 (!), Gill has already written these two very sensitive plays/monologues, both from an older woman's viewpoint, and one which has many audience members on the brink of tears at the end - and in a good way, I must stress (!!!!), as we hear some of them remarking in the bar afterwards.
me, Lois and our daughter Alison in the front row of the theatre
waiting expectantly for the action to begin!
We've got seats in the front row of the club's theatre space, which to call "
intimate" is a bit of an understatement! And when the players come on, they literally have to brush past us. Plus, Lois, Alison and I all get, not just "
knee-contact" (!) with the cast, but plenty of eye-contact too, which is nice!
And we have a nice time in the club bar, too, in the interval, because also here tonight to see Gill's plays are Zanne and Rose, the wife and daughter of my "new" cousin David, who was adopted at birth but later, in 2022, found to be a cousin by a random DNA test on a family-history site, which is totally mad!!!!
just a small part of my "enormous" family tree, showing just 5 of my estimated 30 cousins (!)
And not only that but my cousin David's daughter Rose, who's an actress, is also playing a part in one of the plays, which is nice bonus! We also meet Rose's partner Joe, and also Susan, the actress who's playing the lead in one of the two plays, which is "icing on the cake".
Seems too good to be true, doesn't it, and yet it is true! Neither my playwright sister Gill herself, nor our "new" cousin David are able to be with us tonight, but they caught the show on Friday night, so that's all good!
in the club bar tonight (left to right) (1) my "new" cousin David's wife Zanne,
(2) Susan, the actress taking the lead in one of my sister Gill's plays tonight,
(3) David and Zanne's actress daughter Rose, (4) our daughter Alison, and
(5,6) Yours Truly and Lois - all grabbing a quick drink and a snack in the interval (!)
And for Lois and me, definitely, a night to remember - and one when, for once, we're not at home dozing on the couch through a succession of celebrity TV travelogues etc etc, which makes for a pleasant change!!!
us in the crowded club bar during the interval
(left) my "new" cousin David's wife, Zanne talking with Susan, the lead actress in one of Gill's plays,
and (right) Lois with Joe, the partner of support actress Rose, who is David and Zanne's daughter
(left) lead actress Susan with support actress Rose, and (right)
Rose, Alison and me, all grabbing a quick drink and a snack in the club bar
22:00 Home at last, exhausted but happy, and more than ready for bed, Lois and I are looking forward to regaling, tomorrow, all of our "
country bumpkin" neighbours, with tales of "
the bright lights of London", so watch this space!!!!
And, to add fuel to the flames, I recently heard that our neighbours have already begun to dub Lois and me "possibly the jet-settingest retired couple in Liphook" - is that a word? [No! - Ed], and tonight's "shenanigans" can only augment that view further, I feel sure!!!
Will this do?
[Oh just go to bed! - Ed]
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz!!!!!
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