Interesting to see the state of affairs after a) a day of rain, b) a day of not walking. So I was keen to see how full the waste bins were! And more importantly if any stones had been added to the Covid snake. The bins looked empty but the snake! I took a video of it on my not very good camera phone. You can see it below and it looks as if there are purple puddles but they're not that's just my phone. If you're very astute you might spot my green glitter stone. But I hope not. Just focus on the very good ones from other
people.I'm experiencing a change of mood. But I can't quite pinpoint where it derives from. In part I think it's the change in the weather. For the majority of lockdown we've had absolutely wonderful, warm, sunny weather. We've had several days now of chilly rainy weather and coupled with the anxiety over my friend's cancer diagnosis I think my mood has subtly shifted. I'm still getting this very strong desire to just go out. I'm resisting it so far. I wonder if that will last?! I reckon if the sun comes back and I get good news about my friend I'll hunker down into lockdown again and continue to ride things out until I'm convinced there is an improvement.
Support bubbles. New bit of lockdown jargon for you this week. The government have announced plans to combat lockdown loneliness with the introduction of the support bubbles beginning at the weekend. Adults like myself living alone in England will be able to spend the night and freely mix with one other household. You are effectively treated as a single household for the purpose of lockdown restrictions so we can visit each other indoors, stay overnight if we wish and we won't have to observe the two meter social distancing rules. Potentially I suppose that means I could have my sister to stay. I don't think she will though. She's still very paranoid about bringing the virus down from London.
However the two meter social distancing hangs in the balance. Because there are calls to scrap it. The WHO's guidance is for a 1 m distance which is followed in countries like France, Denmark and Singapore. But the U.K.'s chief medics advise against the change. They are right because those countries may have a slightly more sensible and responsible population than we do here. Don't forget we boast a high proportion of fuckwits and idiots as was seen by the Bank Holiday behaviours and if you pair it down to 1 m, mate, they won't bother at all.
Pendemic, the initiative created by some Irish writers to get people to submit creative work regarding the pandemic is going to be preserved for the next 50 to 100 years at a library in Ireland! How fantastic is that. Those poems and stories I scribbled will be there long after I'm dead. I get to live on maybe!? http://pendemic.ie/about-us/ You can read my contributions if you type Bookphace into the search bar.
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