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I've just been for a run: round the loch, up the hill and through the woods at Bonally, with Lottie (my dog). I was listening to Emma Thompson on Desert Island Discs. I love it when someone you've really liked for years confirms your good opinion of them. I loved her choice of music, her choice of things to take with her to the island, and so much of what she said.

Among the things that struck a chord with me was this:

"I think it was John Ruskin said, he was talking about Capitalism and he said, 'The acquisition of each new thing just engenders a new form of weariness.' And I thought, it's the most brilliant way of describing stuff: the stuff that we accrete during our lifetimes. Greg and I certainly have got to the point where we say, 'Could we get rid of this? Yes, come on let's chuck it.' It's like you're going along in your boat and you just want to make it lighter, so you can travel faster and you can go with the wind a wee bit more."

For some unfathomable reason, the podcast I was listening to is no longer available at the BBC website, so here's a link to my own copy (until the BBC tell me to take it down):

http://www.itauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DID-Emma-Thompson.mp3
© BBC, 2010

And - although she knows it anyway - Patricia, it's you I really love.