Shakespeare, sociability, and Doctor Who...

[fajrdrako]

Had a lovely day, a very sociable day.

Around 9.30 a.m., Lynne visited me to go over one or two weight-training exercises she'd given me, that I'd forgotten. She's planning to do more walking; she says her aerobic walks with the dog have turned into mere saunters now the dog is aging, so she plans to do more real winter walking. I was impressed. I'd like to do the same.

But not today. I went to lunacy_gal's place for brunch with maaseru and josanpq, to see her newly renovated kitchen. A good time was had by all, especially when josanpq treated us to a talk she'd given her students about the Great Wall of Hull, erected during the war between the Marquis of Aylmer and the Duke of Gatineau. With pictures. Well, hadn't we always wondered where the Great Wall of Hull came from?

Besides that bit of history, lunacy_gal gave me a Christmas present: a jigsaw puzzle that has a picture of Shakespeare at the Globe surrounded by most of his most famous characters. Except I can't find Hamlet. And I'm not sure who is peeking out of the casket/coffin/thing, unless maybe it's Bassanio. There are four cross-dressing women and I could only think of three (Rosalind, Portia and Viola) so I looked it up and it must be Jessica. Jessica! I'd forgotten she dressed as a boy.

The books josanpq found for me look wonderful and I will no doubt be talking about them when I read them.

By the time we left lunacy_gal's place, it was snowing hard. I came home and made dinner: chicken baked in sour cream and dill with rice and salad. Marion and Vicky came over to watch Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars, and Marion told us about the Doctor Who convention she recently went to in Chicago. maaseru and explodedteabag joined us for supper.

I fear I have exceeded my daily calories. Ahh, the joys of Christmastime.