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Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Tuesday November 7, 2023 Woke up early and for reasons I chose not to discuss felt out of salts. I guess every point of view is perfectly valid from the perspective of its owner. The problem is how blinkered and limited the perspectives of some people are. Does it apply to me, am I the pot calling the kettle black? An idiot can only see as an idiot. Don’t tell the fish in the pond about the vastness of the ocean. My problem is I am unable to find someone to confide in. In the Judd Asiago’s Master Class, he said ‘Comedians are misfits.’ It’s certainly been true of me. I continued drafting my memoir with some of what happened before and during my first breakdown. And had a pizza from the clearance section of the Coop.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Monday November 6, 2023 It hasn’t been the greatest of days for me. I got up too late to go to October Books and spent the day alone. I mopped around the house most of the day, I put a portion of frozen vegetable curry into the microwave, so I had an easy quick evening meal. During the day and yesterday I listened to Judd Apatow’s Master Class on Comedy Writing. He suggests having a series of cards where ideas for scenes or jokes are written and when a sufficiently large number have been done. They are sorted into order and made into stories. Using this method, I began writing my autobiography, today.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Saturday November 4, 2023 As far as I remember I slept well last night, anyway I was in a whimsical mood this morning eventually surfacing at the crack of 10 - happy despite the incessant rain and my other trials and tribulations. I watched a really pucker vegetarian cookery video on my MasterClass subscription by the Guardian vegetarian food writer. In the parlance of lesser mortals such as myself the dish was steamed, grilled carrots with special yogurt (labneh), cider vinegar and honey topped with dukkah (an Egyptian spicy nutty mixture) I set up a minimum donation Direct Debit with Friends of the Earth (£3 per month) to campaign against Global Warming. (After watching the video, I had a runny boiled egg for breakfast- ‘you can’t win ‘em all’) Life without water (well a limited supply of water) continued I spent most of the day helping a friend get more bottled water, and only finally managed it when another friend told me their water had been reconnected and she had some bottles over. It was an uphill battle, during which, I found a lady looking for water for her 93-year-old mother and told her where there was a supply of bottled water without a queue. Life went on, and I continued listening to the MasterClass course about food choices (selective Eating by Michael Pollen) and went to make a tea. The kitchen tap gurgled so I turned it on, and much to my delight my water was running again. I finished the Selective Eating Course and treated myself to a piping hot shower- Boy! (It felt good).

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Thursday November 2, 2023 Early on today was largely a waste of time. I thought I had a blood test this morning but when I got to the surgery, I had the wrong paperwork, and it was a wasted trip. On the bright side running there was exhilarating and good for my health. With the recent rain there would I’m told me plenty of negative irons which boosted my sense of wellbeing. There followed a series of seemingly useless Facebook messenger chats which left me feeling drained. In the afternoon I attended The Community Cook Up and did some sketches of the people queuing for their food. Lucie Mann told me of a plan to feature my paintings in her community website and she has applied for an orchard grant for my garden which she thinks stands a good chance of being granted. There will be news about that tomorrow. I checked my bank balance in One Stop on my way back from the bus stop. I was in a low mood and went to bed. My alarm sounded for to tell me to take my meditation and I realised the water was off. A friend who lives locally messaged me about the water and brought an emergency supply of bottled water.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Monday October 23, 2023 The alarm sounded, at first I didn’t realise it was morning and when I did, I stayed in bed – where I was warm, and cosy compared with the cold room. Finally, my conscience (such as it is got the best of me and I got up, about an hour later) I had a piping hot shower and a change of clothes and felt amazing and put the television on for a while. My usual Monday routine is to go for lunch at October Books and I ran to the bus stop and reached it about two minutes before the bus was due. At the stop was a lady wheelchair user and her carer, a few moments later another carer arrived and the wheelchair user who she was looking after had to go down the pavement and come back on himself because of the uneven pavement. The two carers and the lady wheelchair user had a chat, and I had a few words with the lad in his wheelchair. He told me he was a contestant in the Paralympics, in the butcher contest. Which apparently is like bowls. The bus arrived about 40 minutes late, and I kept myself busy sketching some of the passengers while it made its way to Southampton. Lunch at October Books was uneventful and, on the way, home I stopped at Dibden Purlieu and photographed St Andrews. And had an ice cream. Once home I had a cup of tea and during Bootleg Art Club did some work on my forest pool picture. And had a tin of chicken and vegetable soup. In the evening I wrote a speculative email to St Andrews in Dibden Purlieu which tried to get commissions for my local church paintings.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Friday October 6, 2023 Woke when my alarm sounded at 7.00 but stayed in bed until 8.00, as I still felt tired, and didn’t have anything scheduled except Scrabble with Helen and Martini at twelve. I was tired again and wondered if it was because of my diabetes. There was a blood test form to test my blood sugar over the previous three months (an HB1c form) I ran to the Co-op and back and bought some butter and a sausage and baked beans slice. But forgot to buy another loath and there weren’t and mixed vegetables. I put some clothes in the washing machine and left it to do its work, while i went to Helen’s to play Scrabble with her and Martini and took some of my postcards for them as presents. And drew pictures of them, and Helen gave me £5 for hers. We had cheese on toast for and cherry tomatoes from Helen’s Garden and crisps. Followed with a small portion of homemade banoffee pie, which was delicious. (It was flavoured with ginger) During the conversation the topic of drinking tea came up, apparently according to Helen there was an edition of Michael Mosley’s ‘Just one Thing’ where he said tea is good for you. When I got home, I listened to it. I won the first game and came third in the second. In the evening I bought some frozen mixed vegetables, a loaf, milk and a banana, from the Co-op running there and back.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Wednesday September 27, 2023 My day started by listening to some more of The Grapes of Wrath, and I decided to get some headphones for my iPad so I could listen to books whenever and wherever wanted. In need of money for ‘The Steam and vintage show’ in Burly I went into Southampton to take some cash out of the bank. When I’d got the money, I had a coffee and sausage roll in Café Nero and did a sketch while I ate Next, I bought some mayonnaise, milk and bread in Lidl. And caught a crowed noisy bus home. When I got home there was an email from October Books with an ad for my exhibition giving its launch date as 2/10/23. I messaged my friends Andy and Will to see if, one of them could transport my pictures on either Friday or Saturday. And emailed Clare at October Books to let her know what had happened. Andy got back to me, and we have arranged to transport the pictures about midday on Friday.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Tuesday September 26, 2023 I went to Hythe Library for bread from the community food bank but there were only wraps available. From the Talking Books section, I borrowed Alice Walker’s ‘The Colour Purple’. Listened a YouTube video of Lockley Hall again and an appreciation of it. Which lead me to Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach and Robert Browning ‘The Last Duchess’ and the idea of a monologue. I registered with the RNIB talking books service and have started listening to John Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath’, where one of the chapters is a monologue from a used car salesman which led me to listen to Dire Straits ‘Money for Nothing’. Yesterday evening I’d sent a copy of the ad for ‘Burley steam and vintage vehicle show’ which finishes on Sunday, and I forwarded it to Andy. Today he said he’d like to go, and I am now planning to go to the bank tomorrow for money to spend.

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