“Deck the halls with leaves and holly”. As I quote these words, with just a touch of irony, I bet most husbands know what I am alluding to: the annual grumble associated with extracting the boxes of Christmas decorations from their obscure stowage in the loft, the acquisition of a suitably shaped Christmas tree, mountingContinue reading “Blog 71. I Don’t Like Sundays”
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Blog 40. Four Weeks in and beginning to get restless now.
I first became aware of a problem when Jane gave a lee lurch and listed over to starboard, like a frigate over-pressed with sail caught in a squall. Confirmation was received when she then heeled over to port after bouncing off the dressing table, and flopped onto the bed. Clearly, she was either in aContinue reading “Blog 40. Four Weeks in and beginning to get restless now.”
Blog 39. Three (and a half) Weeks In
“Hell is other people”. So wrote Sartre in his play of 1943. Philosophy is not my forte, but If I were writing an update in 2020 I would write, “Hell is other people and their blasted noise”. Here we are in enforced lockdown in a beautifully warm and sunny Easter weekend, trying to enjoy theContinue reading “Blog 39. Three (and a half) Weeks In”
Blog 37. Two Weeks In
Week Two of Twelve is nearly over and things seem to have settled down a bit here now. The supermarkets are quiet and almost normal (still no flour though). Isolation continues, but that has been no hardship for us. It is debatable whether a point of inflexion has yet been reached on the UK’s CV19 death curve, butContinue reading “Blog 37. Two Weeks In”
Blog 36. One Week In
We have had yet another sunny and frustrating few days. Frustrating, of course, because we cannot leave home. We went shopping to Lidl on Wednesday afternoon, the theory being that most people would be sitting in their gardens enjoying the sunshine. We were right: there were only about six people in Lidl and we fulfilledContinue reading “Blog 36. One Week In”
Blog 35. Day 1 of Lockdown
Day Three since Self Isolation and Day One of Lockdown. The Prime Minister moved on last night from, “Come on chaps, be sensible” to, “Well, I did warn you. Now I’m jolly cross. Stay in or be fined”. As to fines, well, what the police should do to offenders is fine them one packContinue reading “Blog 35. Day 1 of Lockdown”
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