I just looked through my photos from the weekend and thought, ‘What on earth…?’ The cover of a new book, a newspaper cutting from January 1893, a shot of the taxi boats in Yialos, a couple of the dinner table at the Taj Mahal restaurant last night, a cruise ship leaving the harbour taken from up here, Yiannis visiting from Vancouver talking to Yiannis from Symi, and an advert for ‘The Midget Razor’ circa 1894. There’s also a goat, a pair of feet that look the wrong way round, and three screenshots from an online book telling me how to perform the vanishing man in a trunk trick on stage, as published in America in 1897. It has been, if nothing else, a varied weekend.
Not that I know much about weekends as you know. To misquote the Alan Parsons Project, ‘The game never ends when your whole world depends on the… sale of a few books,’ the more the better. Talking of which, if you like historical fiction, then some of these books may be of interest to you. Have a click through and browse, and if you want to know more about any of them, simply click the cover and you’ll get the info.
Meanwhile, the week ahead promises to be a relatively quiet one for me. It was 30° at six this morning with 60% humidity, so I don’t plan to travel very far. I have another chapter to write per day, as always, existing titles to promote, and a few social engagements in the diary. Our godson’s coming to lunch tomorrow so there’s a large note by the kettle reading ‘Ice Cream’ as I’ve promised him Neil will make some. We’re visiting his mother on Wednesday for a courtyard evening, shoes kicked off, cold bottle of wine, catch up on news… And it’s the older godson’s 21st on Sunday, so we are going to the Kali Strata Restaurant where his younger brother works so, in a way, we’re all together. Apart from that, expect little news and some odd photos. Talking of which, here are some Symi-relevant ones from the weekend.