It was a typical start to a Saturday morning. After consuming some news and some caffeine, I went to wash and dress before sitting down to breakfast while chatting with the Empson cousins on the weekly Zoom call.
After the call, I dug into some family tree research. I took the time to subscribe to "Newspapera.com", which provides a searchable archive of newspapers stretching back hundreds of years, though it isn't complete as publications are still being ingested. My first focus was on the Empsons, as they had stimulated the idea of updating the Family Book. I managed to find a couple of relevant articles very quickly. I should have been more disciplined and searched person-by-person, but I started to skip around through the families. I have found a number of press articles and downloaded them for later.
Late morning, I set off for my walk. It was dry but quite grey. It was, however, a very pleasant temperature for walking, and I enjoyed a pleasant 75 minutes marching around the neighbourhood to the accompaniment of my audiobook.
When I arrived home, Di was having a blitz in the kitchen. Old spice jars were being emptied and ditched, drawers were being reorganised, and everything was cleaned within an inch of its life.
After some lunch, we settled down for some Kindle time before I started preparing dinner. Everything is cleared away now, and we will probably watch a couple of films this evening.
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