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On another thread I posted about neighbour knocking on door and offering to do any shopping we(over70's) need if isolating,and then schoolgirl sister neighbours giving us gift of fresh eggs as they have started to keep chickens,and today we have had two more callers on way to shops asking if we need anything .So many kind caring people out there.Applause.
The list is endless.
However, where does it begin?
We have seen Italians singing, Spaniards applauding, neighbours and strangers offering help, essential service workers carrying on, food businesses adapting to provide collection or delivery, sharing of online resources for active exercises and for culture: I don't want to exhaust the list.
What have you seen?
I had planned to do so from my Camino.From today's Irish Times:
'Two specially designed postcards will be delivered to the State’s 1.8 million households over the coming week to allow people to post a message of love and support to their family and friends amid the coronavirus outbreak, An Post has announced.
As more people socially isolate and become “cocooned” in order to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus, every household in the State will receive the postcards to write personal messages for family and friends to help them stay connected in the weeks ahead.
The 5,000,000 postcards can be sent anywhere on the island of Ireland, free of charge.'
Postcards from the edge? Certainly a novel approach: how many of us still send or receive postcards in this age of instant communication?
Anita, thank you for your part in fighting this virus. We join in when we are with our friend in Pamplona on skype at that time, so I applaud you from here. I will name you from now on.All over Sweden people are clapping and cheering every evening at eight, even though we are not in quarantine yet. It’s so heartwarming for all of all of us who works really hard at the hospitals right now. More than half of the staff where I work are at home and the rest of us are exhausted.
Anita, thank you for your part in fighting this virus. We join in when we are with our friend in Pamplona on skype at that time, so I applaud you from here. I will name you from now on.
Hi Anita.All over Sweden people are clapping and cheering every evening at eight, even though we are not in quarantine yet. It’s so heartwarming for all of all of us who works really hard at the hospitals right now. More than half of the staff where I work are at home and the rest of us are exhausted.
Also in Ireland, these people will be celebrating Mother's Day from a distance.From today's Irish Times:
'Two specially designed postcards will be delivered to the State’s 1.8 million households over the coming week to allow people to post a message of love and support to their family and friends amid the coronavirus outbreak, An Post has announced.
As more people socially isolate and become “cocooned” in order to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus, every household in the State will receive the postcards to write personal messages for family and friends to help them stay connected in the weeks ahead.
The 5,000,000 postcards can be sent anywhere on the island of Ireland, free of charge.'
Postcards from the edge? Certainly a novel approach: how many of us still send or receive postcards in this age of instant communication?
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