There might be some who wonder why I sometimes post the Times crossword solution. It's because I still regard finishing it as an achievement. I was confident by halfway that I could do it this morning but I don't think I'd have done it, or not as quickly, without finding two answers with a wordfinder which is, of course, cheating.
A more difficult puzzle for the afternoon is going to be whether to order the new recording of Couperin's Lecons de Tenebres, as played on Record Review. I didn't like it compared to the classic James Bowman and Michael Chance recording but I'm sure we all know what the answer will be.
But the decisions have all been made regarding today's investments.
Cliffs of Dover Market Rasen 2.00, was the nap but it's been on the drift.
Fox Appeal, Market Rasen 3.10
Muckle Roe, 3.45
and the wild stab in the dark for the Cambridgeshire is Very Talented.
David Green
- David Green (Books) is the imprint under which I published booklets of my own poems. The original allocation of ISBN numbers is used up now, though. The 'Collected Poems' are now available as a pdf. The website is now what it has become, often more about music than books and not so often about poems. It will be about whatever suggests itself.