So I strode manfully out along the icy pavements this morning, ignoring the attempts at snowfall from a handful of snowflakes falling from the sky. So few were swirling around the air that it was almost possible to count them. I didn't try.
The world has returned to normal. Unsmiling faces, busy shops, all well wrapped up, wishing they were indoors again. Comparing sausage prices and meat content, the local butcher has closed, due to rising meat and rate prices, an old woman pushed in and took numerous packs of cheap 'Lincolnshire sausages.' 'Having a party?' I enquired. 'No, for the dog, he likes them,' she said smiling. These are the dogs favourites, so what the dog wants, the dog gets. I suspect many households have the same situation. Ruled by a cat, dog or parrot, while the people are put to one side so the animal rules.
This, and climbing the stairs without falling back down, has been the highlight of the day, so far.
You may not have noticed, but Donald has been acting the 14 year old again. While you were cleaning up after Christmas he has attacked Venezuela, kidnapped the leader and his wife, and imprisoned them in the USA. Note: The BBC are not allowed to say 'Kidnapped.' They must call it 'Captured.'
All the while this is ongoing he has also sent a larger fleet to the east end of the Med, possibly to attack Iran. There is it appears no end to his stupidity.
Now, we none of us liked the leaders of Venezuela, or Iran, however, to unseat them in this manner is not the normal democratic process, the one used by the USA for many years now. This is thuggery, from a juvenile delinquent. Now Donald thinks he can steal Greenland also, it is time for the free world to be counted here, although under Keir Starmer it is unlikely the UK will intervene.
Shameful.
Scotland, and the north of Scotland in particular, is covered with snow. Few people would be surprised at this news. This has happened regularly since the last ice age passed by several thousand years ago.
The gritter lorries and covering roads, snow ploughs are wandering across rail lines in the far north, and a demand for soldiers to dig small villages out, so they can escape has been heard, and ignored.
Apparently, one of those storms with silly names will be covering us with snow on Thursday, I may be back at the supermarket quicker than I intended! Two days of horrible snow for us, who live in the driest county, which will cause chaos for several days, then be forgotten about as always.
Life goes on.
2 comments:
Acting like a 14 year old? More like an 8 year old, I would say. Just be glad you don't have someone like that representing your country. It is a sad, sorry time for us. Scary even.
Kay, I agree with all you say.
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