Dis-spiriting day for no particular reason but a good descriptive word (by R) as to how I was feeling most of the day. Waking to a wet, grey day – the irony of being surrounded by water, and even more coming from the sky, yet having no water from our taps was not lost on me! We ventured forth in macs and wellies to the depleted Wednesday market in Berko and bought some great veg and berries, which cheered me. The afternoon weather cleared enabling us to set forth with our saw and rucksacks to collect more wood. As per usual as R expended useful energy sawing, I covorted around in the hope that my body still remembers how to bend and stretch! A highlight of the day was managing to cook a passable loaf of sodabread which though I say it myself, tasted delicious – Great British Bakeoff eat your heart out!
I don’t suppose I am alone in feeling dis-spirited as we, hopefully, near the end of this second lockdown. Even the good news of 3 households being able to meet for Christmas leaves me wondering what the pandemic fallout will be in January. Yet having a blue day also leaves me with feelings of guilt as my lot is nothing compared to so many others who are either struggling with too much work or worried as they face unemployment; lonely because they live on their own or stressed out because they have no space and too many people around. Fearful because either they are unwell or someone they love is. Somehow, out of it all, we need to find the silver lining, the spirit of hope that will get us through this pandemic. Just being kind, thoughtful and offering a listening ear may well go along way to help lift the spirits when a boost is needed.
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