However, maybe my memory plays tricks, for this entry is apparently written during the day (‘Joan will be back’, from shopping, ‘in half-an-hour or so).Īcademic Bill Barnett, from Stanford University Business School, has posted about his view that most successsful business strategies emerge, they are not carefully planned in advance-”Discovery trumps planning”. I think of her writing this always in bed at night – I sometimes sat there when she did, as I recall. According to the Royal Horticultural Society, “until the calendar was changed in 1752, hawthorn would be in flower for May Day, which used to be 11 days later than it is now”.Īt the May Day celebrations people and houses used to be decked with may blossoms or boughs (‘bringing home the may’) which were traditional decorations, associated with the woodland spirit known as the Green Man. The blossom appears on the tree at the beginning of May in the south of England. The may refers to the ‘may tree’, or hawthorn. Joan collecting my earrings and a white shirt for dying grey in Chichester today. May 10th Tuesday. Went along for the ride when Ray took Mrs Prosser home.
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