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Jul. 10th, 2022 08:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloWe're having a run of very hot weather- very hot by English standards, that is- and heat is tiring.
Today we've planned to meet Mike and Su at Batemans- roughly halfway between our two houses. It was their choice not mine. Mike even went to the lengths of explaining to me that Batemans is where Kipling lived. Give me credit, then, for not imposing my Kipling obsession on my kids! I've warned them not to ask me questions about the man, his house, or his works unless they want to receive lengthy answers full of unnecessary detail...
Today we've planned to meet Mike and Su at Batemans- roughly halfway between our two houses. It was their choice not mine. Mike even went to the lengths of explaining to me that Batemans is where Kipling lived. Give me credit, then, for not imposing my Kipling obsession on my kids! I've warned them not to ask me questions about the man, his house, or his works unless they want to receive lengthy answers full of unnecessary detail...
