Journey of Words…latest posts

I looked out of the window as a break from my time at the keyboard. A day of concentration. It is cold out there, but I leave the balcony door open until it is cold in here too. Fresh air is good. From time to time throughout the dull, wet day ambulances have flashed along Read more

This, the tenth day of Christmas is closed with an announcement that might have been made at least 10 days previously given the available evidence then, but for now National Lockdown 3 starts at in one minute. Does knowing something is coming make it any easier to deal with? I hoped that the Great Clown Read more

There is a national crisis. Hospital admissions are increasing, Covid-19 related deaths continue to mount up. Hospitals are becoming overloaded and losing staff to illness, while the usual causes of admission in a less than healthy nation continue. Her Majesty’s Prime Minister gave an interview to the BBC in which he said that he is Read more

The postponement of the Portsmouth game at Accrington Stanley today was due to a frozen pitch rather than Covid-19 infections. The absence of meaningful football on the first Saturday of the new year, sustains the sense of separation from regulated time that equates to normality. During the day and evening I speak to family and Read more