sunday

here we are again. i was so tired yesterday that i didn't blog. My friend has been really ill and I've helping her by walking her dog etc but I've an open wound on my back because I have a psoas abscess and i also have 3 kinds of arthritis so anything out of my routine wears me out.How feeble is that?
I was so pleased to hear from Stuck, Mary and Harriet especially as I know you/they are very busy people. I really must read emails everyday because otherwise there are too many and I don't have time or rather energy to read blogs which I love.
I've had a real treat; Randomdr.has given me a subscription to New Books. I love reading about books too.I also could have put a life in Art and languages as my title because they are also things, which interest me.I'm just trying to learn Mandarin and Modern Greek. I've studied Classical Greek for 6 years. I wanted to take it at school but there were only 3 of us. They would have done it for4. I did Latin to A level because to do a degree in either History or English one had to have A level Latin. There were only 3 of us who took it. Until I got this abscess 3 years ago, I went to City-Lit and did my Greek and also Latin. Alas now I study on my own. It's why I love Mary Beard's blog because I learn so much about the Classical World not just from her but also from the comments.
Have had a silly experience. I ordered a book from the library which was entitled "Short Stories of Bulgakov so I ordered it. the only English in it is the introduction rest is Russian. Ever been had!!!
I shall write more tomorrow. have run out of steam now.