Thursday 1st

It's November and it feels cold and chilly.  John is working on Glasgow so Rachel and Alfie are coming up by train to stay the night here.  As well as that, my friend Robin is in Glasgow this week.  I thought it was to avoid the hurricane in New York but that was just good fortune.  She has to fly over her to go to the American Embassy in London to sort out her visa.  You see, she is still a British citizen and she has to get a permit to work in America, even though she has got a job in New York (paid by the state) running a Montessori school for under-privileged kids.