Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Warming up, recordings and supper.

1. Feeling warm from a walk on a cold day.


2. The sound archives of He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. He has collected such gems as me saying 'Sheep and potatoes'; Oli apologising for phoning me late at night from Bratislava; Tricky Dicky selling printing services; Pip barking; Ellen wondering where a ladder is when you need one.


3. A shepherd's pie covered in expertly forked mash browning in the oven.
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