As I sous cheffed to Michael's Tuna Steak and mango/avocado salad, we caught on Channel 4 news an interview with the historian James Holland – and the comedian Al Murray – discussing the parallels between what the world went through during the war and our current CORVID 19 reality. Similes Is Boris Churchill, the rifles… Continue reading Lockdown Friday – VE Day (EofW)
Lockdown Thursday
Buddha moon - On Vesak Day, Buddhists all over the world commemorate events of significance to Buddhists of all traditions: The birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Buddha. The first of the possible full moons of May. Vesak - Martin reminded me. Martin from South of France on Facebook, he'd just recovered from CORVID… Continue reading Lockdown Thursday
Lockdown Suffolk
My community, in Colchester and Chelmsford, Zooming On morning run I met Mike as usual, but this time finally asking him why he was in a wheel buggy. Of course, it's a story. He was an engineer on ships Great Yarmouth way, up early in the mornings, he was the on who would link the… Continue reading Lockdown Suffolk
Lockdown – New Normal
First day back to Normal, or New Normal. Asparagus the object of the day. Coffee and cake with Gill McFarlane in the woods. I'd been promising for years for Alistair and her to come to the woods. I've missed Alistair- he died earlier this year - but a spontaneous invitation this morning worked. She was… Continue reading Lockdown – New Normal
Lockdown Land of Cockaigne
It started on Facebook, I think from a site like board panda, who attributed the origins to Adobe: when booooom.com partnered with Adobe to create the Remake project, which invited students across the U.K. to recreate famous artworks with photography. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, locked down, creatively challenged people to recreate some of… Continue reading Lockdown Land of Cockaigne
Corvid 19 Lockdown Saturday
Arundhati Roy - it's a portal And under my nose
Covid 19 Lockdown Thursday
Run and Gym with Jo, before lockdown to computer most of day, a day of rains. Will I ever catch up with all the emails and stuff to do in order to do the stuff I want to do? I've put myself forward to do the web pages for the Loch Ness Wellington bash, another… Continue reading Covid 19 Lockdown Thursday
Loch Ness Wellington – R for Robert
MISSION To celebrate the ditching of the Wellington in Loch Ness 1940 to 2020, and it’s raising in 1988. As a continuation of the H39 project, to pay tribute to the airman, to re-unit the families and relatives of families then in an act of remembrance. To that end, to gather together the stories and… Continue reading Loch Ness Wellington – R for Robert
Coronovirus Lockdown – 6 Wednesday – Forest School and numbers
After a very dry time, rain arrived and greened the spring landscape, glistening the soil, cleaning the sap green leaves. I notice this year the ochre green of the oak leaves emerging. The ash still naked. Opening stick circle, one trying to fabricate a lift using magnates, which prooved to be so strong, they bruised… Continue reading Coronovirus Lockdown – 6 Wednesday – Forest School and numbers
Coronavirus Lockdown – Week 6 – HUBBLE
Distracted, I find this page on the Hubble. 1922 Edwin Hubble, at the Pasadena Observatory, measured the distances and velocities of galaxies, which led to his discovery of the expanding Universe. Work began in 1982 on a 2.4 meter mirror, and in April 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was launched into Earth orbit from the… Continue reading Coronavirus Lockdown – Week 6 – HUBBLE
