Click and See

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A clue

https://m.facebook.com/#!/watch/?v=354642762533881

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be

 you take me

Places i 

didn't know

i wanted 

to go

John Prine

on my mind

under the tress

in the weeds

and anywhere

you are

is where 

I'm meant

To be

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Mundanity

Monday October 19th. Another day in this magnificent year - 2020AD. COVID-19 control measures have placed the city of Sheffield in the "high" tier. There are three tiers - medium, high and very high. To me this seems like a manipulative misuse of language. Surely the three tiers should be low, medium and high. Playing language tricks like that contributes to feelings of mistrust that may lead to further non-compliance.

Rules connected with "high" zones are manifold. Some of those rules are clearcut but others are vague and open to interpretation. What I do know is that we are not meant to visit other people's homes. We must stay in our household bubbles. This means that Shirley and I cannot visit our lovely daughter and her equally lovely husband and they cannot come here. Who knows for how long? Perhaps a month, maybe longer. Ideally, pregnant women enjoy family support as the birth day approaches.

Over in Wales, their devolved government have decided to enforce a two week shutdown. I just heard the First Minister of Wales on the radio. He declared that people - with few exceptions - must stay in their own homes and only venture out to buy food or to visit a medical facility. As an aside I should say that the infection rate in South Yorkshire is significantly higher than in Wales. Maybe we are heading for a similar "fire break" period.

It's a bit glum outside. Not raining but overcast. I went to the big Sainsburys at Millhouses earlier on to buy some supplies - including "Red Label" tea bags and my first ever jar of "Marmite" flavoured peanut butter. As Frances is a fan of both, I bought her a jar too. Well, you have to have something to look forward to when you are in the "High" tier. I wish that being in the "High" tier meant that that we received free bags of marijuana from our beloved government so that we could get "High" and forget about The Plague till tomorrow.

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Handy hints

 

Wales enters another full lockdown on Friday 

It might as well be from today, as far as I am concerned as there is bugger all socially to do 

The girls have had a five mile walk this morning and I’ve already made sour dough bread and chorizo and red pepper soup.

I’ve also properly cleaned the oven hob using  a handy hint gleaned from an old village wag 

White vinegar and wood ash from the wood burner 

Brings up hobs and all glass in a flash

Yes it’s an Bloody exciting blog entry today

I’ll leave you with this delightful photo from the Nina Treadwell Collection 

It brightens the day

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Paris and Prada

 Thank you

for every day

confirming

that these 

Words

make a difference

i wonder if 

my dreams

are to fanciful

or frivolous 

in these times

of so much 

Suffering

Am i 

out of touch

or just tired

so if 

i wax 

poetic

about Paris

or Prada

it means

temporary happiness

despite acute pain

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vineyard

 dreaming 

of vineyard hopping

wine sipping

and a gathering

of the old 

and new

to set my

heart ablaze 

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