"Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble"
Nights darken early, we approach the thin edge of the world when the dead will arise from their graves and knock at our doors. Hopefully they will socially distance and not demand sweeties!
Already I can spy a small revolution here in the North, the mayors of the big cities are getting agitated with the spouted nonsense from down South. Well there is no Churchill around to rouse us with speeches, but keeping our cool is a must. Here it is jobs that need saving the entertainment world - pubs, restaurants, cafes, etc. When I write this, the first thing to come to mind is who is going to police it? hand out the fines for bad social behaviour? But then will the hospitals become overwhelmed with too many cases if life is allowed to go on and we are not curfewed.
Actually it is a problem but other people around the world have far greater needs as their lives slip away in immigration camps, bereft of their homes, food and security.
Take it on the chin, mask up, socially distance and be responsible for the people around you.
That was yesterday
| My daughter is still working in Manchester, arguing with those who won't mask up, mostly middle-aged men. My grand daughter is tasting the delights of London on her own and settled in for the time being. This is the moment in time when you fear for your family. Much as I would like to we can't blame the likes of Johnson for the mess we are in he is just another notch in the misery. It just happened, mistakes have been made on all sides and we have to live in this maelstrom of a storm for the time being. Tom Stephenson bought Saint Catherine into it, and I remembered the medieval murals in Pickering church in which her story is painted. She was really put through it by the Emperor, the church of course emphasising the punishments, that is where martyrdom leads you! But never forget that in a couple of weeks it will be bonfire night and Catherine wheels will spin merrily around on the trees or fence, but whose macabre idea was that for goodness sake?
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I was born on Hallowe'en Thelma so don't know we=hether I can put around any spells on that night which might help things - but I just might try. I love your cartoon at the top.
ReplyDeleteWell give it a go Pat, everything would be welcome. Of course Halloween is All Saints night as well, though which came before the other anyone knows.
DeleteIt is sad that so many wall paintings were erased from our ancient churches. I would love to see the murals at St Botolph's Church, Hardham, West Sussex. I guess that you may have already been there.
ReplyDeleteNo we only did the Wiltshire churches and some of the Essex churches and of course a few round here. I know the Roundheads cut the noses off the medieval knights in the churches but I am not sure as to the relationship of why the paintings were covered over, maybe at that time.
DeleteI have visited the shrine of St Catherine of Sienna. They chopped her up into small pieces and she is distributed evenly around the church, with her shrunken head in an elaborate gilded niche. Very tasteful if you have Catholic tastes.
ReplyDeleteSubjecting people to fear was very Catholic but the manipulation of the ignorant still goes on!
DeleteThere is no doubt in my mind the trials of this country's current detainees is equal that attributed to Catherine. So your admonishment to take it on the chin, wear a mask and be responsible is spot on.
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a bright ray on the horizon though Joanne, they seem to say on the radio this morning that Joe Biden is on his way to victory. Though I know there is many a slip betwixt cup and mouth.
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