The header picture has no connection with the day.
I am sat at the computer, it’s getting late, and I am in fear of having another bout of writer’s block. I’m also slightly concerned that on occasion, these posts are turning into something that I really should put on Facebook – at least they feel like that sometimes.
So, the issue with today is that I have been very limited in my daily adventures (an adventure would be going into town via a walk around the cockle ponds. Isn’t that seriously adventurous)? I’ll write about it in a minute.
On a Wednesday and a Thursday, we look after our Granddaughter. She’s 18 months now, and I may have recently described her as teaching the universe the meaning of entropy. She is, to say the least, delightfully chaotic. If she is looking in the tub for something, and what she has picked up isn’t what she is looking for, it literally gets tossed over her shoulder. I know I shouldn’t laugh, but it is so funny. I try not to let her see me laughing, as that just encourages her.
On Thursday, before she goes back to mum & dad, we like to go out for lunch. Our local Garden centre has a restaurant that does some excellent food. Today, I had shepherd’s pie with veg – delicious. But it also has a children’s play area.
What delights us is that she now recognises where we are going, knows we are going to the play area, and gets really excited over it. It’s lovely to see and be part of.
Around mid-afternoon, I find myself back in the office. I took the opportunity to re-read the Magna Carta chapter in Dan Jones’ The Plantagenets. I’m re-reading it because something was said in a recent u3a online group, Armchair Archaeology, that reminded me about the book and the number of times I thought, “how did they know how to do that”? I can remember the first time I read the book, I can honestly say, shocked by the level of organisation of society in those times. With hindsight, I should have flagged those points. I also need to get over my aversion to marking books (highlighting or underlining). I was taught as a child that it really was a no-no, but I do think there are times when it is justified.
I’m hoping that I won’t have to re-read the whole book.
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