R's rue

St Wilfrid's Church, Scrooby earlier today Out in Nottinghamshire, close to The Great North Road, there's a village called Scrooby. Back in the sixteenth century, a family by the name of Brewster lived in Scrooby's Manor House - not far from St Wilfrid's Church.  For whatever reason, William Brewster (1568-1644), stopped attending the local church and held alternative puritanical services in The Manor House. It was part of a regional movement - away from The Church of England that had itself broken away from Catholicism under the reign of King Henry VIII. William Brewster and other puritans attracted unwelcome attention that began to give out the aroma of persecution. In those days The Church of England was all-powerful and crossing it was a dangerous thing for anyone to do. Brewster and his adherents headed to The Netherlands where they lived for almost ten years, enjoying what they saw as greater religious freedom. Then in September 1620, with his wife Mary a...

 Lazy days In the pool Rainy days And rummy  Late nights And Milano cookies Raiding your jewels And shoes That didn’t fit An ocean view  That brought A tear with Beauty Man couldn’t replicate  But the memories  Of you Are the  Best gift I can’t replace  You told me I’d miss you It isn’t until now How much Truth Can be held In a few words from R's rue https://ift.tt/2TCkfpy

  Anonymous 5:03 pm “Asyou've said yourself in the comments NO you aren't allowed to walk the dogs you are ISOLATING I had thought better of you but it seems like you're just like all the other rule breaking Covid idiots who think the rules don't apply to them. Obviously the community knows you're isolating as they're bringing you stuff but I wonder what they think of you acting like an arsehole and disregarding the rules.   You deserve to be reported and fined.” So said one of my commentators a little earlier today....you can feel the bile and vitriol from ten yards can you not? and that bile is ugly and without much real thought or insight. I am isolating at home yes, and have I put another human being at risk of catching Covid ?  No I haven’t.  Once a day, first thing in the morning , I take one sleepy Welsh terrier and one overactive almost hysterical bulldog for a walk. We walk down a lane away from any houses and across Graham the Shepherd’s fi...

taking a long  soak in  the garden tub hermes soap to awaken my senses a little hotel shampoo and a  Sancerre and dark chocolate await me as i listen to Keb Mo take me to places I'd rather be from R's rue https://ift.tt/31QES68

I received the following supportive comment from "Terry" in response to yesterday's blogpost:- It's nice to have an observant reader like Terry who notices the small detail of one's humour. Terry's remark reminded me of  certain encounters I had in the state of Ohio when I was a summer camp counsellor there in the mid-nineteen seventies. One night I fell into conversation with a couple of local redneck guys (English: Conservatives) in "Skip and Ray's Bar" (English: pub) by the road to Burton, east of Chagrin Falls. They had noticed my English accent. One of them asked where I was from so I told them. They seemed a little puzzled to learn that other countries existed beyond the shores of The United States. I informed them that they in fact spoke the English language and that it originated in England. One of them - let's call him Bob - visibly bristled and protested, "I don't speak English. I speak American!"   His pupi...

 Good news of the day - The Crown ( our village pub) will be reopening under new management  soon.....we’ll as soon as things become more normal around here!  Hurrah Soup of the day- Sweet potato and chilli Film of the day-Woody Allen’s latest A Rainy Day in New York Jigsaw of the Day- A Christmas Coffee Shop continues Book of the day- I think I’ll start Julie Walters autobiography That’s Another Story Tiktok video of the day Madge and Biskit Job of the day- cleaning patio  Upset of the day- Mark L left Bake Off he was a real sweetie Treat of the day- I’m still in bed  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/2HGB40q