now that i've got the others started i think i'll just keep quiet and let them go on for a bit on the subject of plays and billy's litheness or sauntering or whatever and tell you what's going on in my life instead. the highlight of the week being that i have got new gloves. they are a birthday present from min-yin - proper, old-fashioned lace gloves that are ivory-coloured, close-fitting and of 12-button-length, extremely soft, and very delicate. i've always been sad that my mother's only lace gloves - which she wore when she was married - are soiled - and so i can't use them. if it warms up a bit (although it has been snowing four out of the last five weekends and i'm not hopeful) i shall wear them on friday to the ballet.