Morrab Road Private Library

[changeling67]

Well, the summer just sped by and now we have torrential rain, with dark cloud cover for the next four days.  I am out for three of them, mostly to meet friends who are moving to Canada (sniff) and one who is currently unwell at the moment.  Today, I will be visiting this place - the Morrab Road Private Library. I feel like I have landed in heaven.  It's like a gentleman's club without the prejudice and club soda.  I joined over the weekend and I am thrilled that one of the young assistants did her BA English last year - major dissertation? The works of Angela Carter!  I find that there is even a small Carter section upstairs.  I alos find that one of the patrons just happens to be John Le Carre who still lives in nearby St Buryan (allegedly).  Thrilled to bits.  Hubby can also make use of the rooms - two mature students together :-)

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[bluegerl.livejournal.com]

OMYGOODNESS..... how wonderful!!! oh and another Angela Carter worker!!! oh you can have such reminiscences... and discussions... isn't that marvellous, and how SMALL the world really is.

And the atmosphere of a library like that.... oh my glorious lovely happy feelings..... oh to study there......

Sorry to hear about sick chum, and leaving chums... tis always sad, but at least the PC and emails and Skype is now here. I lost touch with so many of my chums cos letter writing takes so LONG, and snail mail, and sometimes not even delivered mail.

I wish we had some of your rain... this morning enough fell to just blow in my door and make the mat damp. END OF! Now the damn sun is out again and its getting HOT again. (and humid and horrid)

[calico-pye.livejournal.com]

It smells divine in there - books are magic, an ace place.

The chums are a mixed bag. It's just that the timing sucks. When the degree has been completed, my life will open back up - for the past 5 years, I have kinda put myself out of reach from my non-Uni friends and I am hoping that I can reconnect with them. Most understand but there arre a few, I feel - just don't.

Rain has gone - we just have very hot/humid weather. Will be glad to get rid of the summer now. I prefer autumn :-)