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Tag Archives: Public services
In the time of the virus: back to life, back to reality
Monday was a success. I had the operation and was home by lunchtime. True, I spent most of the rest of the day in a dark room listening to podcasts, but such a relief. The staff at the hospital were, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Family, In the time of the virus, Reflections on life (and death)
Tagged Community, Coping, Family, Friends, Gardens, Heale Garden, Local, Meditation, mending, NHS, Public services, surgery
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In the time of the virus: week 2 of self-isolation – am I in a time warp?
Here we are at the start of our second week of self-isolation, and I’m feeling like I’ve inadvertently entered a personal time warp and am back in 2016. There were some really good bits to 2016 (our trip to Denmark, … Continue reading
Posted in In the time of the virus, Reflections on life (and death)
Tagged Coping, Health, lockdown, Lymphoedema, Public services, self-isolation, surgery, Walking
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In the time of the virus: day 51
Well, so much to do today! One of the things I’d already decided to do this week was to make some face coverings (am adopting that description to distinguish from actual face masks needed for clinical settings or similar). Initially … Continue reading
In the time of the virus: day 33
Garden/allotment – today was the perfect day for working on the allotment and in the garden, and that’s what I spent much of the day doing (apart from the early afternoon, when it was really too hot for me to … Continue reading
In the time of the virus: day 23
Back to ‘normal’ today, a workday for those who still have such things. In our immediate family we still have two people working, though one is on school Easter holiday this week and another is working from home and wondering … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Bath, Community, Do what you can with what you have, In the time of the virus, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized
Tagged Bath, Community, Coping, Crafts, Crochet, Gardens, growing, Growing food, knitting, Living, Public services, Reflections, Social distancing, Walking
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In the time of the virus: day 18
Lke us, you may be becoming more closely acquainted with the hidden depths of your kitchen cupboards. Re-evaluating those odd jars and tins of things that, despite good intentions, you never quite got round to using – until now. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Community, Craft, Do what you can with what you have, Food, Frugal, Growing, In the time of the virus, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized
Tagged Allotment, Community, Coping, Craft, Frugal food, hens, Local, Local food, patchwork, Public services, Reflections
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In the time of the virus: day 11
This morning, for no particular reason, I woke up out of sorts and crabby. I slept well, the sun was shining, and no-one I know is ill at the moment – all good reasons for feeling cheery and upbeat. Sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft, Do what you can with what you have, Growing, In the time of the virus, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized
Tagged Allotment, Community, Coping, Crochet, Growing food, Local food, Public services, Reflections, Social distancing, Walking
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A few (health related) updates: all good-news stories
There are some health-related things I’ve written about or touched on over the past few years that it feels like time to update. Things I thought could/would never improve that to my surprise (and delight) have improved beyond anything I … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Coping, Insomnia, Living, Lymphoedema, NHS, ptosis, Public services
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Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again
I know, this has been a bruising time for many of us, and will continue to be so for many many more. It’s important to take some time for ourselves to grieve over what might have been. But after that, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Community, Do what you can with what you have, Inspirations, Seeing differently, Uncategorized, Whatever next?
Tagged Celebrations, Community, Coping, Freiburg, From what is to what if, Frome, Local, Localism, Preston, Public services, Reflections, Resilience, Resistence, Rob Hopkins
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The 100 day challenge: what I learned
I finished the 100 day challenge in the middle of October, the day before we left for a visit to our friends in Denmark. I’m so sorry not to have got round to writing this up sooner. To recap, this … Continue reading
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