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Five a Day
So we’re going to be locked down for another three weeks. I think it’s probably realistic to say ‘at least’. My last post asked you to contact five people and just have a chat with them. I think this has become even more imperative – there…
Loneliness is Tough
Something a bit different today. If you relied on Facebook, you’d think that everyone is spending their time camping on the lawn, turning their garage into a home gym, and communing with the wildlife that has miraculously started appearing…
Funny Old World
Happy Easter. If you can call it Happy. If you can call it Easter. It’s certainly the strangest Easter I’ve ever known. It’s Sunday 12th April. In the UK, that’s the date lockdown was supposed to end – but it won’t. We don’t have an end…
My Unfurloughed Day
I work for a major DIY chain in the UK. I used to be a kitchen designer. I like to think I still am… Alarm set for 6:30 but awake by 6. Mug of tea and bowl of cereal in bed, then into the shower. Put soup ( Rubber Chicken Day 4 ) into a…
No Furlough
Molly cat thinks I’ve spent enough time sleeping on her sofa. I fall into the ‘not furloughed’ category – found out on Monday. The boss had asked us for our preferences a few days ago, but with no guarantee that we’d all get what we…
Be Nice. Stay Home.
I wrote this just seven weeks ago – or what feels like a lifetime ago. Back in a time when corona virus was unheard of, social distancing hadn’t been invented, and furlough wasn’t even a verb. But I thought it was important to write it…
Known Unknowns
It’s the not knowing that’s the worst part of all of this. ‘ There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also…
Signs of Spring
Many things are very different now – but some things can’t be changed by any pesky virus. I like this time of the year – the signs of Spring are now unmistakable. You can feel the world around us starting to limber up. My daffodils are…
When Life Seems Jolly Rotten
I’m not going to say that life will never be the same again – life WILL be the same again. But for the moment, and for as long as it has to be, our lives are going to be different. So here are a few positive thoughts about this strange…
No More Days Off
Bright flowers to brighten your day. I had a day off from work yesterday. Turns out I’m a key worker . Didn’t see that coming. So – first thing I did was sleep for nine hours – from 10pm until 7am. For someone who normally only feels the…
The Accidental Key Worker
Can I admit to having Lockdown Envy? The thought of being able to stay home, maybe read a book, go for a nice walk as long as I stay away from people – that sounds lovely. My reality is very different. I’m a kitchen designer – but because…
Lockdown
Yesterday was the first day of ‘lockdown’ in the UK. I work as a kitchen designer for a major DIY chain. As a ‘hardware store’ we are counted as providing an essential service, so we’ll be staying open one way or another. We sell items…
