May 22, 2020

Watched the Olivier Hamlet. Trim, swift, surprisingly unmannered, his performance immaculate.

Intermittent rain. Other parts of the country lie under water.

B and I having coffee under the picnic shelter out at the Offices at Riverside. The river at flood, the crying of geese. He had Covid 19, he says, which gave him a cough and tightness in the chest for a couple of days.  He says that FoW is “nice” and that the mountain setting is not too oppressive. He’s writing a comedy centering on General Sherman.