I’ve just spent a lot of the last two days in the car going to a family celebration. I listened to BBC Radio 4 most of the travelling time, and was well entertained. We are so lucky to have good chat and music stations in this country. I was once asked what I would miss most if I ever emigrated, and my answer was our changeable seasons and our radio.
The Jazz radio station has just started up on digital http://www.thejazz.com . The sister station to Classic FM, it hasn’t got a lot of advertising yet and so has been an exceptional pleasure to listen to. I’m not keen on the type of jazz that coming from jamming sessions, but I now appreciate what a far-ranging sound it is.
An inevitable part of family occasions is catching up with news. This time, one of the older members bought a couple of old photo albums and wills with him, and it bought forth an amazing amount of memories. One of my great-great-great- uncles had two wives who had twelve children each! All the women at the party commented how old the women looked in photos taken when they were about 40 – tough lives, with little joy. Makes me glad for the life I have.
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