Yesterday was quite a cool day. It was one of great kindness. Mitchel was working with us, and one of his friends had offered to come and build Lyn a new desk. To be honest I’m not sure how this arose, or how he came up with the idea of building Lyn a desk, but nevertheless he did. Thus yesterday they came here bright and early, tools in one hand, bottle of rum in the other, and by yesterday evening, Lyn had a stunning new custom-built desk in her studio.

I’m not exaggerating when I write that the results of dave and mitchel’s labours yesterday were truly impressive. While we still need to varnish it, Lyn now has a serious piece of furniture under her computer. I reckon that if we were going to commission such a thing from a carpenter, especially one in London, he would have asked for at least five hundred quid. Dave only asked for a bottle of vodka! I think we have to pay him back somehow, but in the meantime I hope Dave comes round more often: we barely knew him before yesterday, so I think the least we can do for such a kind man is become his friend.