Well, that cheered me up 😂

Your loss is our gain. Sorry. He’ll be back with us soon enough.

A snowdrop flowering in November

A dehumidifier has made a huge difference in my home.

11. "It's clearly time to end COP and replace it with something far more satisfying (and effective), like CROPTOPS: Climate Revenge by Overly Punitive Tribunal of Pugnacious Seabirds!"

Couldn't have said it better :)

In Philip K. Dick’s “The Man in the High Castle”, one of the characters is in a meeting when he suddenly realises “There is evil. It’s real, like cement” and has to leave the room in order not to throw up.

Mutual aid saves lives.

Now more than ever we need robust community care to ensure our survival.

If you can’t donate, boost like and share.

We’re being abandoned by governments, by society and sometimes even by loved ones… but we can commit to not abandoning each other.

I once read an account by a woman who was literally on the windowsill with the noose around her neck when this song came on the radio and saved her life. Great song, great video.

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We will stiffen our upper lips, keep calm and carry on ….

I really don’t think Brexit did us any good.

There’ll be money in it for someone though.

We feel for you

Poor kid must have been terrified 😢

Solitude is necessary to recharge your batteries so that you can deal effectively with other people. So not selfish. When I was a frazzled new mum a health visitor said to me “You can’t pour from an empty cup” and I have never forgotten those wise words!