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Good morning, Rusty!
It is lovely here....pale blue sky and sunshine.
Very mild at 11C, but is set to go colder again as the day lengthens.
Yes, I knew of Walter Cronkite......
I shall look up Mary Chapin Carpenter's song.
I think she is very good!
No, she isn't related to The Carpenters, Karen and Richard....I checked!
I think we have a quiet day ahead...no family visiting this weekend, as YB has a chest infection.
Mind you, I am in need of some R & R!
What time is Miss L-B coming over to see you?

Hello, Elle!
Heavy rain here!
Mary CC is very good, I think.
She has written some good stuff, including "Walter".
I think she is touring just now.
I suspect L-B will be here after 11.
She did not specify a time to me.

Hi, Rusty!
I have tracked down Mary Chapin Carpenter's song about Walter Cronkite, and have just been listening to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDVpbdFqtXU
It is a wonderful tribute to him....nicely sung..... and the video is very skilfully produced.
However..... I preferred the style of music that I heard her sing last night.
I shall further investigate and discover what genre of music she usually sings?
Now..... I expect Miss La Bamba will already know this.....but just in case she doesn't..... Lewis Capaldi is singing at the Royal Variety Performance concert this coming Thursday !
(As, of course, is also the OAP from BGT!)
The Everyman is a disappointment today.... too easy.......
I was looking forward to its taking much longer to solve!
Have fun with your granddaughter!

Hello, Elle!
She is a very good songwriter.
I liked "Our Man Walter Cronkite", too.
I'd say his family would be very pleased about it.
She usually sings "soft rock", I think it is called.
"Shut Up and Kiss Me" was very popular.
All her stuff is on YouTube.
She has a lot of duets with Shawn Colvin, too.
My day off from puzzles!
Yesterday's was quite a test, I thought.

Hi, Rusty!
Are you about?
You are perhaps still chatting to Miss L-B!
Did she know about Lewis Capaldi's taking part in the Royal Variety Performance?
I still do not know whether or not he is related to Peter Capaldi of "Dr Who" fame ?
I must look it up....
I have been doing the ST Cryptic crossword, and also watching part of the European Cross Country......multi-tasking!
I am unsure about one ST clue as I cannot find a definition...either I am completely wrong (quite probable) or else there is a mistake in the clue (unlikely!)……...
I'll take another look at it later.
We are going out shortly .......
It is such a lovely day that I am sure the dog would appreciate another walk!

Good afternoon, Elle!
Rain has stopped!
The young one has just left.
She is off to collect Miss O who is just back from Crieff.
She had her works night out in Crieff.
I know nothing about Lewis Capaldi.
Think he's from Glasgow?
I watched some of the cross country, but I did not like the course.
No streams to jump, or anything.

Hi, Rusty!
You must have sent your rain down here!
We were halfway through our walk, when the sun disappeared..... followed by the advent of heavy rain and a very blustery wind!
Thankfully, we are home for the day now!
It is very stormy and dark......and I have the electric lights on already!
My goodness, it must have been some "night-out", if Miss O is only returning the following afternoon!
( No doubt you will hear all about it in due course)
Yes, I agree, the cross country course was very unenterprising........and no great surprises in the results , either.
Right, coffee time!

Good evening, Elle!
Been a mixture of weather here today.
I think the "night-out" involved a stay at Crieff Hydro hotel.
They had hired a bus, and that's all I know.
Not much of a course for the cross-country, especially for a major championship.

Good evening, Rusty!
I have been talking to my cousin for the past hour.
It was my turn to phone this week.
All are well , but they have been having terrible weather this week - gales and heavy rain .
Miss O's outing sounds good.......and a night at the Crieff Hydro Hotel a nice culmination.
I had wondered whether they were all staying overnight somewhere as a part of the "trip".
I remember my staying at the Norbreck Hydro Hotel in Blackpool, when attending a Haematology symposium there......
My, that is taking me back a good few years!
A trip down Memory Lane!

Hello, Elle!
Seems to have been bad weather around for a lot of folks.
Storm Atiyah is approaching Donegal and Cornwall.
Seemingly, 42 ft waves have been recorded.
I am not sure about the Crieff Hydro, but I think she mentioned something about it.
The bus got back from Crieff around dinner time today.
I missed the skiing, too!
But, apparently Vikki Rebensburg won the super-G at Lake Louise.
Shiffrin was 7th. (a great performance in an event she does not specialise in.)