Well, I always go through all the versions of the Easter story in the Bible: the Good Friday bits on Good Friday, and the Resurrection bits on Sunday.

Apart from that, I had a lovely day out shopping in Cardiff on Saturday with a friend looking for an outfit for another friend's wedding.

Then yesterday, we went searching for the old home farm of this other friend's great uncle. This is an odd story of coincidences.

I met this other friend when we were young and members of the Welsh Church in Toronto. Her mother was from west Wales.

In recent years, I find myself living in west Wales and working in folk music, and I've developed a particular interest in this one singer who died in the '60s and left close to 90 songs on tape in the National Museum. Anyhoo - in chatting to this other friend, it turns out that this guy is/was her mother's first cousin so the last time she visited we went to his home village and found the grave of his parents and sisters - which gave the name of their farm as well. Since then, I've found it on ordnance survey maps and yesterday we found the place - all derelict and broken, but quite a sense of achievement anyway! And my dossier on him is daily a-growing.

Today, it's Easter Tea at yet another friend's place (so many friends!). A good long weekend indeed!

sian