Robert Fripp's Diary for Wednesday, 17th December 2008

Robert Fripp's Diary

	Wednesday, 17th December 2008

10.06

Bredonborough.

A sharp, bright day with blue skies I…

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The Minx’s working day began in London at seven. Here, messages on the answering machine moved me from a reading & reflective morning into a stuff morning, where functionality waited to be addressed; and was.

To London & the Estonian Embassy for 16.00.

22.52 DGM HQ

Leaving Bredonborough just before noon; driving to Chiswick listening to Jack Bruce & Robin Trower’s Seven Moons. Jack is in great voice & benefits from working with a player of equal status, IMO. Similarly, Robin responds to a player of comparable stature to his own. This is a team I’d like to hear live.

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… and onto Gloucester Road for the Circle line. But there were problems on the Circle line, as per my past few adventures on the Tube, so I began to walk while the Minx, driving from a charitable engagement at a hospital for abused children, was arriving & looking for parking in the area. We met somewhat by accident & walked to the Embassy together, a punctual arrival.

The immediate occasion of this visit was to receive a considerable honour in connection to the 90th anniversary of Estonian independence. The President of Estonia decided to honour the HRVL with the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana IVth. Grade, to acknowledge the building of a cultural bridge to Estonia. The award was presented by Dr. Margus Laidre, the Republic’s Ambassador to the UK, on behalf of President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (who claims to be the first owner of ITCOTCK in 1969 while he was living NYC).

This gracious & considerable honour was followed by a delightful conversation with Dr. Laidre, a cultured man & historian by education. Along with other members of his generation, he felt a responsibility to serve the Estonian Republic when independence returned in 1991.

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(Photo Credit: Minxie Willcox).

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(Photo credit: Dr. Margus Laidre).

Afterwards, a visit to actor pals Tim & Ann in South Kensington, delivering 3 years of Christmas presents; returning to Chiswick & car-collection, then onto DGM HQ.

23.36 F-flurrying enough. The floor is waiting I…