Tales From The Crypt - Thursday 30th December 2021

Somehow, despite not being at work, I'm not finding much time to relax and read or listen to music.  There is so much to do!

Over lunch I finished the first episode of 'Get Back' at the end of which George Harrison quits the Beatles, something I wasn't aware happened. There are also clear tensions, off and on, between Paul and John, and, at least from one conversation it seems like Paul is a bit of a control freak / dictator, certainly a feeling that both George and John seem to hold.  It doesn't seem to be a surprise that this album led to the break up of the band.

Not much else to say about the day. All the usual things and things that have become 'usual': over dinner we all watched the first episode of 'The Book of Boba Fett', which was a reasonable start to a series.

The day ended as it so often does...

Loraine James  / 'Running Like That' / 'Reflections' 



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