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Well actually, just reading your post made me feel better. There is hope, just ‘talking’ to each other and sharing!I am in the house on my own. I go out almost daily to the bakery and/or supermarket. I sit in the yard and watch the birds and the bats in the evening. What really keeps me going, though is hearing the people in the other houses - families having dinner in the evening, just to hear the rest of humanity. My neighbour and his small son have been planting vegetables in their garden. Just to experience these things daily makes me feel a bit better.
What makes you feel better?
It is very strange. Typically in the early AM while we are having coffee on our front porch we see numerous contrails from jets flying along the east coast. None latelyI am enjoying the neighborhood "quiet". No (minimal) cars, airplanes, trains, sirens. It is unfortunate that it takes something like this virus to bring us back down to enjoying the basics of life, but until it is all over I am going to continue enjoying it and counting my Blessings.
DittoFood, way more of it than I need. And phone calls and emails/to from family and friends.
With my Camino corner I have the Camino feeling at home ...
When I retired from VDL in 2018, as a farewell I received ... some beautiful gifts that my colleagues had made for me. For once, they deviated from the almost standard fire pit that employees receive when they retire. I had previously indicated that they could not make me happy with that. They asked me what I wanted. Something to do with the Camino I said ... and so it happened !!
I still got the fire pit in a smaller version, but nicely decorated with feet and the text Buen Camino. In addition, 5 left and five right feet ... and a nice plate with the shell. Really beautifully made and I am very proud of it.
Now that I am redesigning my garden, there should also be room for my Camino corner. And I am happy how it turned out. My shoes are still waiting for the plants, and then it is all finished.
Wow!I have sawed, hacked, halved and quartered every possible bit of firewood in the entire garden...
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I have sawed, hacked, halved and quartered every possible bit of firewood in the entire garden...
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Good job! Well done!I have sawed, hacked, halved and quartered every possible bit of firewood in the entire garden...
With my Camino corner I have the Camino feeling at home ...
When I retired from VDL in 2018, as a farewell I received ... some beautiful gifts that my colleagues had made for me. For once, they deviated from the almost standard fire pit that employees receive when they retire. I had previously indicated that they could not make me happy with that. They asked me what I wanted. Something to do with the Camino I said ... and so it happened !!
I still got the fire pit in a smaller version, but nicely decorated with feet and the text Buen Camino. In addition, 5 left and five right feet ... and a nice plate with the shell. Really beautifully made and I am very proud of it.
Now that I am redesigning my garden, there should also be room for my Camino corner. And I am happy how it turned out. My shoes are still waiting for the plants, and then it is all finished.
Please pray for Michael Rosen, now in an ICU battling coronavirus. He wrote this poem in honor of the NHS - thease are the people who keep us going:
These are the Hands
Michael Rosen
for the 60th anniversary of the NHS
These are the hands
That touch us first
Feel your head
Find the pulse
And make your bed.
These are the hands
That tap your back
Test the skin
Hold your arm
Wheel the bin
Change the bulb
Fix the drip
Pour the jug
Replace your hip.
These are the hands
That fill the bath
Mop the floor
Flick the switch
Soothe the sore
Burn the swabs
Give us a jab
Throw out sharps
Design the lab.
And these are the hands
That stop the leaks
Empty the pan
Wipe the pipes
Carry the can
Clamp the veins
Make the cast
Log the dose
And touch us last.
Please pray for Michael Rosen, now in an ICU battling coronavirus. He wrote this poem in honor of the NHS - thease are the people who keep us going:
These are the Hands
Michael Rosen
for the 60th anniversary of the NHS
These are the hands
That touch us first
Feel your head
Find the pulse
And make your bed.
These are the hands
That tap your back
Test the skin
Hold your arm
Wheel the bin
Change the bulb
Fix the drip
Pour the jug
Replace your hip.
These are the hands
That fill the bath
Mop the floor
Flick the switch
Soothe the sore
Burn the swabs
Give us a jab
Throw out sharps
Design the lab.
And these are the hands
That stop the leaks
Empty the pan
Wipe the pipes
Carry the can
Clamp the veins
Make the cast
Log the dose
And touch us last.
The very same.Oh dear, is this the same Michael Rosen, sometime children's laureate and author of so many wonderful books that my children chose for their bedtime stories?
Michael is still poorly but continuing to improve. He has been able to eat today & will be getting a more comfortable oxygen mask soon. All good signs. He does know you've all been rooting for him with this lovely wave of support. Thanks again, Emma x
Thank you for this.Today In most of France confinement is slowing being removed but here in the Aisne and much of the east it will continue for at least 3 more weeks.
My husband and I are nervous about the virus and the consequent state of the world although we are most thankful to be alive and together on our farm. Now that we are 81 and 80 years old these words by the American mystic Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) provide a coda for our present lives.
"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope."
May it be so and might we find the strength to endure.
This from the Beeb today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52783472
For now I'll just read "These are the hands" again. And reach for a tissue
Substitute Talisker for the Jameson and we have a match my friendWhat keeps me going:
A patient wife, a long (old) jobs list, talking to family on Whats app, heart medication and the odd glass of Jameson. So far so good.
A new for me but if its smokey/peaty I'll stick to the Jameson or Green Spot.Substitute Talisker for the Jameson and we have a match my friend
Good news:Please pray for Michael Rosen, now in an ICU battling coronavirus. He wrote this poem in honor of the NHS - thease are the people who keep us going:
This from the Beeb today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52783472
Yes, it's good to hear how everyone is coping. Here in Greece restaurants and cafes reopen tomorrow. We have been allowed to go out freely for 3 weeks now, so I have been swimming in the sea every day and doing some walking.So, I hear you Molly. You’ve put to us a great question. I hope the answers let you know that you are not alone.
odd glass of Jameson. So far so good.
I'm already into because some of us are incredibly fortunate! I live in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, which is about the size of England and has no Covid cases. We are now permitted to travel within the region. I just spent a week at a tiny coastal paradise, a 250km bike ride north of where I live, which just officially came out of lockdown. I pitched my tent in a 300-bay caravan park, sharing with 2 other people....and eventual post-covid touring. Adventure by bike when not walking all the way across Spain
Australia handles the pandemic well. It is great you are out and about!I'm already into because some of us are incredibly fortunate! I live in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, which is about the size of England and has no Covid cases. We are now permitted to travel within the region. I just spent a week at a tiny coastal paradise, a 250km bike ride north of where I live, which just officially came out of lockdown. I pitched my tent in a 300-bay caravan park, sharing with 2 other people.
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Enjoy! You are indeed very fortunateI'm already into because some of us are incredibly fortunate! I live in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, which is about the size of England and has no Covid cases. We are now permitted to travel within the region. I just spent a week at a tiny coastal paradise, a 250km bike ride north of where I live, which just officially came out of lockdown. I pitched my tent in a 300-bay caravan park, sharing with 2 other people.
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