R's rue

This story is not an exaggeration ….for sure…it’s all pretty true  Honestly …..for sure  The plane journey from Inverness to Manchester Airport   was a delight…..though our single steward was a moody bastard. I was off the plane first and literally 7 minutes later was walking down to the train platforms where various  uninterested staff shouted over that all the trains into Manchester had been cancelled because of an “ incident”  All passengers were directed onto a unknown quantity of a Manchester tram system. It was chaos for only a handful of people knew what to do. Hundreds of people crammed onto the handful of trams . I knew I needed to be at Piccadilly so rang my friend Nigel in nearby Stockport for help . He told me where to go which was completely different to what a very loud young mother with a baby in a pram was telling everyone . She wanted to go to Preston eventually and had a big following to keep on to Victoria because she was confident...

 It’s early morn The music plays As I string Along a thought Hoping it resonates Dreams Keep me ticking Keep me going When I want  To quit The desires Of my heart Defy gravity  And a constellation’s Shine Happy Monday my friends.  from R's rue https://ift.tt/bYfDWOk

  This morning Ruth went back to work in the greenhouses and I took myself down the coast towards the village of Findhorn.   I go home this afternoon. I wanted to see red squirrels in the pine trees skirting the sand dunes but only managed to see the pointed heads of a couple of seals well beyond the surf . The Findhorn Foundation has been an interesting experience. Like everything in the modern world  the community has had to evolve in covid times, with redundancies hitting the staff hard during lockdown and a change  from volunteer staff in key positions to salaried staff who have pensions, bills to pay and corporate ideals to juggle alongside the foundations’ community beliefs and shared objectives for personal growth and a healthy lifestyle.  I can see the appeal. There is a warmth and a camaraderie here, even though two of the main public meeting ( and community eating buildings )were set alight and destroyed last year by a disgruntled ex employ...