R's rue

 The apathy of yesterday’s hangover has got on my tits this morning. I looked for a diversion and saw there was a play on this afternoon at Theatre Clwyd with the occasional tickets left.  But I was good and gave myself a kick up the arse instead The kitchen was feeling like a bomb site what with piles of papers, and other such detritus flung everywhere so I rolled up my sleeves and channelled my own inner Joan Crawford in order to take back control.  Cleaning and organising are like dieting, it’s a control thing and I’m thinking that right now in our history, there couldn’t be a better time for us all to be taking control over as much as we can. Roger has enjoyed the momentum as he has had the opportunity to look into the back of cupboards he’s only dreamed about raiding in the past. Already I have found his secret stash in the garden where he has hidden, an out of date packet of pasta shells, a burnt wooden spoon, a vegetable bag and a sprouting onion . A walki...

  Unexpected boozy nights are the best I have the first bad hangover than I’ve had  in absolute ages. A product of the velvet voiced Linda’s unsteady pouring hand and bitter lemon and limes which disguised a cocktail that could floor an average sized bison  I drank four of them Roger and I are off to the beach and will stand in the wind  With our faces to the sea from Going Gently https://ift.tt/925WPZA

 It’s Good Friday And in my humanity I’m being selfish Petulant and scared All at the same  Time Lord Remind me You hold it all And gave it all For sinners Like me from R's rue https://ift.tt/VRLIYH2

Grayson Perry in the style of Grayson Perry I lost two hours of my life this morning thanks to the mastermind behind "Shadows and Light". Steve had flagged up Microsoft Image Creator  and of course I took the bait like a pike fish lolling beneath lilypads. The images you can produce with this awesome facility are endless but I discovered three significant things. Firstly, you cannot make posters with English slogans. Secondly, famous people that get through the security net are nearly always substituted with unconvincing lookalikes. Thirdly, political figures are simply blocked. I wanted to make some pictures of Donald Trump such as "Donald Trump sumo wrestling with Vladimir Putin", "Donald Trump dressed like a pineapple in a zoo in the style of Salvador Dali" and "Donald Trump flattened by a steamroller in the style of Grant Wood". No! Microsoft Image Creator was having no truck with such requests. I couldn't even get "Margaret That...

It’s a beautiful blue morning. Springlike and quiet. I’d forgotten it’s Good Friday. I’ve never liked the holiday if truth be known. I’ve opened the cottage windows facing the field and the ponies raise their heads as one to the noise. I will cut the lawn shortly and tidy up the patio.  If I have time the little flower bed by the church gate will get a weed. That’s all I have planned today. I feel I’ve not got much to share. Sometimes I feel witty and interesting . Today I feel reflective and quiet. Going Gently has always been a journal, not a forum for discussion  blog like most others, where politics and news are debated depending on how vociferous and bright the authors think they are. Im neither, when it comes to politics. And I’m keeping away from the news the older I get I check my messenger account.  A hello from a friend in hospital  Two late replies from yesterday’s hello to friends in Liverpool and Sheffield  Spam emails are next ...