Today’s photos show the military helicopter coming in to land on Symi. It was V.E. Day yesterday and here that’s marked by a commemoration of the signing of the surrender of the Dodecanese and the handover to Greece – via British caretakers.
I’m not hanging about long this morning as in want to get on. I’ve had a slough of writing to get through, which I am almost through and I could do with a break. So today I am not working and instead I will be tidying the house, hoovering, getting the cat fur off the sofa (approx. 30 minutes with the hoover), shopping, cooking and later entertaining at home.
But during that time I may take a moment to sit on the balcony and read my latest book, The Etymologicon, by Mark Forsyth. This is actually book one of three which I bought in a box set, hard cover, as a bit of an inexpensive treat to myself. The Etymologicon (a word invented by Milton, along with many others, including ‘wording’) explains how some words came about and how their means and usages changed over the years, so that what was once Codpiece is now a Bracket, and so on. All right up my street.
The second of the trilogy, sorry, Ternion, is The Hologicon and is all about (as far as I can see) obscure words and their meanings, and then there’s the ‘The Elements of Eloquence’ as the third book and I am really looking forward to having a go at that one.
But all in good time, first a day off while I do the housework and shopping and… Oh let’s just get on with it. Back with more Symi news and that from my desk next week.
