Country Wit and Donald Two

I have just this minute received, from my lifelong friend N, a delightful little book entitled 'Country Wit.' , which will sit beautifully alongside 'extraordinary chickens' on my cloakroom bookshelf.

N, who reads these pages (so with a bit of luck I won't have to write a separate Thank You letter), Directs a Very Well Known TV Soap Indeed. When not creating scenes from raw contemporary urban life for your delight, she lives in a cosy countryside barn conversion, drives a 4x4, and makes her own extremely clever Christmas Cards.

Hopefully the publishers of 'Country Wit' won't sue me for copyright if I quote a couple of excerpts:

I'm not the type who wants to go back to the land.
I'm the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
Fran Lebowitz

They told me it takes three sheep to make a cardigan.
I didn't even know they could knit.
Sue Gingold

Thank you, N! And just last week, when I was attending the smart preview of her latest exhibition, J presented me with a replacement for Donald.

How generous my followers are. If any of you out there feels it might be amusing to send me a nice shiny new Range Rover, I do hope you won't hesitate.