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Week from Monday 7th April 2025 - I think it's taking me a little longer to get back to "NORMAL" health this time, following Saturday's COVID needling. I was still feeling some of the side effects several days later, such as the LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE causing achy extremities and the persistent CHEMICAL ODOUR, which may be real or in my own head. But I take it in my stride and try to DO STUFF regardless... PROJECTS, PROJECTS, PROJECTS... It's the start of a new FINANCIAL YEAR. As a 'BURDEN ON SOCIETY' old person, I'm no longer legally required to do all that wretched SELF-ASSESSMENT malarkey, but I keep my accounts in order anyway, for my own satisfaction. On top of this week's PENSION payment, I've also had some interest accrued on one of my SAVINGS accounts (more than I'd guesstimated!) and a £50 'Thank You Bonus' appeared in my CURRENT account. Which Is Nice. On Wednesday, I hopped on the 'DEATH VALLEY 69' to Winchester...

Week from Monday 24th March 2025 - Blimey! it's FRIDAY already! This week's "COMPOSER OF THE WEEK" on Radio Three is THE greatest - GUSTAV MAHLER. But given that the 'show' goes out at a very inconvenient time these days (four in the afternoon, instead of the once traditional midday), I have chosen to bookmark all five episodes on the BBC SOUNDS app on my pad so that I can 'BINGE' listen to the entire week in one sitting. There were quite a few HISTORICAL INSIGHTS that I previously didn't know about and their choices of MUSICAL EXCERPTS were, without exception, top-notch headphone-filling delights from start to finish! In my books that's a jolly nice way to while away FIVE WHOLE HOURS on a Friday afternoon... A couple of MUSIC PROJECTS of my own this week... I finished compiling VOLUME 165(!) of my Various Artists (but mostly KCrimson-related) "HOT TICKLES" series of seedydisks... As well as the most recent half-dozen "STORMY...