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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2012-04-29 09:23 am

Alice's Blessingway

We drove down to Leicester for Alice's blessingway. It's a women's thing, so I went for a walk round the neighbourhood on a pre-planned route, taking in a bran-new Hindu temple, a medieval church and a prehistoric monolith. Then I sat in the car and read Ambrose Bierce until they called me in to eat. A film company has latched onto Alice and had sent two young women to film proceedings and conduct interviews for a documentary series about contemporary attitudes to childbirth.  My first wife was running the kitchen. This is the second time I've met her this year. We seem to get on fine. 

[identity profile] michaleen.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Glad to hear you''re getting on with your ex. Life is too short.

Will there be pics of the church and stone or are you merely teasing?

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'll post images in due course...

[identity profile] michaleen.livejournal.com 2012-04-30 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm impatient and you've spoiled us, haven't you?

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
I've never heard of a blessingway...of course my daughters were born 29 and 31 years ago.
:)

Getting on with your ex is good...no need for more tension as we age, I think.
looking forward to photos!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It was new to me as well.

[identity profile] ooxc.livejournal.com 2012-04-30 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I love Leicester - it's me second favourite city after Oxford - and it has some things that are better than Oxford -