Remembrance Day always makes me thoughtful. I loved working at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as a secretary where I learned about far away countries and how each grave is carefully tended, sometimes by many generations of the same family.

I have had a cracking weekend with a trip to the theatre on Friday to see an HG Wells play, The First Men on the Moon. This was performed by a solo actor playing multiple parts by changing his body posture, remarkable and wonderfully done. I now want to read the book! HG Wells certainly was spot on with the scientific aspects of space travel and what the moon’s surface may be like, although he was a bit off the mark with his Selenites…

On Saturday I gave my cameo role in Iryna Ilnytska’s Carmen everything I had in order to do her proud. She is a very good friend, and most talented performer and director. Everyone gave their best and the audience were wowed by the talent and warmth of the cast.

Here is a glimpse of the chorus in action:

There are lots of posts flying around about being kind to everyone. I hope that staff are also polite and give good customer service with a smile. Not talking into a headset when there is a real life person in front of them. They need to resist the pressure to ‘multi task’! It is confusing to say the least, and rude from my memories of customer service training.

Rant over…tomorrow I continue my path towards being a Grumpy Old Woman and have made a pretty cake for the celebrations.