Much more wide-ranging than I thought it would be, and also very persuasive on the centrality of magic to human society as part of a 'triple helix' alongside religion and science, rather than being a primitive precursor of one or the other. The hot dry summer continues, and we go on holiday in a week. I took the day off yesterday as Freddie was volunteering at Butser Ancient Farm. I drove him down there and he seems to have had a really enjoyable day, repairing Iron Age roundhouses with packed manure, insulating neolithic dwellings with moss and herding sheep in the afternoon. most of the other participants were a lot older than him in his twenties, and he's shy around strangers at the best of times, but he seemed to have fun. While he was there I took Libby and one of her friends down to the beach at Hayling Island. There was no sand at the bit we went to thanks to my poor planning, but there was a Funland where Libby suckered me into getting the unlimited ride wristbands. They had a fabulous time going again and again on the rollercoaster and log flume.
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