Craic

A lovely one-day-late Thanksgiving: Bennett cooking, Merrie setting everything up; I brought Annie with me; Michelle and her husband came, plus two of our new postgraduates from the US. A gorgeous evening, good food, endless laughter, lots of stories, everyone seemed engaged right up to the hilt – just what a social life should be like, among good and new friends who have a lot of old stories to tell and affection to share.

And a number of semi-embarrassing photographs which will probably find their way on to Facebook... but it was worth it.