25th Sep – My son recited pi to 81 decimal places.<\/p>\n
26th Sep – My Chinese student gave me a box of Moon Cakes to celebrate mid-autumn (in mid-spring).\u00a0 Normally they have a dried raw egg at the centre – that’s the moon.\u00a0 Mine are moonless.<\/p>\n
27th Sep – In my husband’s car, a song title, incorrectly entered by someone in the process of ripping my CD, appeared on a digital screen in the centre of the dash, in big letters, as “Chest of Draws” instead of “Chest of Drawers” by Jenny Biddle.\u00a0 It’s one of my favourite songs so I looked out the window until it was over.<\/p>\n
28th Sep – Read on a French news site that J.K. Rowling’s new novel was released in English on Thursday and in French on Friday.\u00a0 That’s confidence in her writing.\u00a0 And the translator’s.<\/p>\n
29th Sep – At the National Portrait Gallery today, saw a new and amazing portrait of the Queen in a reflective mood, painted by an Australian artist, Ralph Heimans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
25th Sep – My son recited pi to 81 decimal places. 26th Sep – My Chinese student gave me a box of Moon Cakes to celebrate mid-autumn (in mid-spring).\u00a0 Normally they have a dried raw egg at the centre – that’s the moon.\u00a0 Mine are moonless. 27th Sep – In my husband’s car, a song … <\/p>\n