R's rue

As I was having breakfast in "The Travellers" in Louth, an older couple came down the stairs to the breakfast room. I got chatting to them and it didn't take long before they revealed that they had been staying at "The Travellers" for the past five weeks. I was astonished but then they explained that there had been a fire at their house. It hadn't burnt down or anything but the smoke damage had been devastating. Nearly all of their possessions had been ruined. To me the couple still seemed in a state of shock and despondency. The comfortable life they had worked for had been cruelly yanked away because of an undiagnosed electrical fault. At seventy five the fellow had still been working. He was a specialist in fine wrought ironwork and he had a big workshop close to his house. His order book was as full as it had ever been but the trauma of the fire, the disruption to his business and the reality of his age meant that he could not see himself picking up ...

The front room has been spring cleaned and Chic Eleanor , the queen of style  Gave me a massive compliment when we were out for coffee this afternoon She told me I had a talent for the attention to detail  Coming from her, that’s praise indeed from Going Gently https://ift.tt/wVylf5F

 Lord Help me To smile And leave It all in The Hands That can  Take it all from R's rue https://ift.tt/i56Me0Q

 As I am one of the TCA trustees I was asked by the secretary of the village Friendship Group if I would write them a letter of support for their forthcoming applications for community grants.  I jumped to attention and completed the letter as quickly as I could  as it was requested by respected  village elder. Now The Secretary has always frightened me just a little. She is an assertive soul, a lady who has been big in the village church for years and I suspect a lot has been achieved because of her professional and cool approach to problems and needs.  In a war She  would have been a bloody godsend . I love the Friendship Group,   to me they have always thought laterally and for a group for older people , they still have a membership of over 65 people which I think is fantastic.  Only a few years ago , they had a belly dancer show on one of their meetings in the hall , which I remember well as I listened to the belly dancing...