A2 went for the Covid jab and Salvation Army shopping experience today. Changes: very few punters, you no longer get a certificate and the nurse calls it a sharp prick instead of a sharp scratch or a little prick. And the wall of the long departed Jabberwock has been painted over again. [Aside: A1’s id number at boarding school was 37. But he had nothing to do with this. Honest.]
A2 is reading Tom Lake* by Ann Patchett, featuring three sisters in a cherry orchard.
Tag: jabberwok
Jab Day
Alas, the jabberwock has gone (perhaps defeated by the frumious Bandersnatch, or the Jubjub bird) and so have the COVID shots for under-75s. Still, we had what jabs we could get and are back home with uncomfortable arms.
A1 is reading The Society of Unknowable Objects* by Gareth Brown, a bad children’s fantasy with added swearing and violence. It’s not precisely a sequel to The Book of Doors (which worked much better) but is set in the same universe and has references to it. Disappointing.
In anticipation of the forthcoming final volume of Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy, A2 is rereading volume 1, La Belle Sauvage.
Jabadabadoo!
A2 went for another covid jab today. Here’s the Jabberwocky in its current incarnation.
A2 is reading Annihilation* by Michel Houellebecq, a novel with a wandering plot skipping through politics, paganism, christianity, terrorism, but mostly about reconciliation to marriage, to family, to death.
Jabbed
A2 went for another covid booster today. Scott Hall Road was looking exceptionally boring so here is another side of the jabberwocky mural.
A1 is rereading The Dying Light by Henry Porter. A2 started rereading Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, but read her own review and changed her mind.
Bus Stop
Admin2 went for a covid booster today, but the traditional view of Scott Hall Road is obscured by the bus which stopped for her and then refused to start. It took ages for another bus to arrive. Meanwhile here is the jab-berwock with upgraded graffiti.
The Jab-berwock
Admin1’s second jab today, and a lovely day for it too. Here’s the traditional shot of Scott Hall Road … and here’s some graffiti with the Jab-berwock seen on the way back :
Today we reached 1,000,000 points for our BOINC research into COVID-19, various cancers and Asteroid hunting:
We also have a brand-new weather station to set up over the next few days, and we both celebrated by visiting newly reopened charity shops, and bought some books!