‘The saga of Auldwick with Cowperthwaite village hall’ by Jim Webster

Those of you who are not already Followers of the prodigiously talented and sublimely witty Jim Webster, do yourself a favour and follow his current saga. https://jandbvwebster.wordpress.com/2020/01/20/the-saga-of-auldwick-with-cowperthwaite-village-hall-part-1-sheep-will-safely-graze/  

This Old Man

I'm turning over today's Occasional Ravings to this beautiful piece by Roger Angell of The New Yorker magazine, written when he was 94, and he's still working at 99. I'm nowhere near his age (and unlikely to ever be) but it still rings true, especially the arrival of invisibility. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/17/old-man-3