15th July 2021

 The remains of a headache still potter around  in my head but as Paul said once a long time ago you never get those migraines with me now, and there is the blessing, age has  also brought relief from them.

So dear Government, salt and sugar taxes proposed, could you not actually tax the supermarkets for buying junk food in the first place?  And while giving people prescription for free fresh vegetables and fruit, could you not give them more money to buy it.  Isn't there a little stigma attached? Benevolent government sticks in the craw sometimes but it is a first move.

It is rather marvellous that such a lot of news is rolling through, we are beginning to look at our relationship with history as well - Englishness Evolves.  You have seen it in the books we read, or television programmes, a sense of being 'top dog' if you are English, well maybe things should change to reflect the Asian and Black culture we see in this country at this precise moment.  Wales, and Scotland are slowly pulling away from England, they want to find their own identity.  We unit as a whole but segment in our different cultures.  

There is a minor revolt going on, the government says one thing, masks are not mandatory, mayors in the different cities say masks are mandatory in close contact areas such as transport and shops. And when did mayors get to tell us what to do, has the role become political? Remember that olde English world of tri-shaped hats and great gold necklaces the mayors wore for special occasions? all down the pothole of history.

The world is a fascinating place, there is definitely a sense of disorder and chaos taking over, probably because there are too many of us and I shall revert to a much quieter life of taking 'the dogs' a virtual walk every morning on F/B as these three lovely springer spaniels rush around without a care in the world.

You can find them on F/B

All that is left to take in my big bag, is the coffee grinder, tablet and camera.  Funnily enough as the two young men took the last of the boxes, I said perhaps I should vacuum there, he almost brought it back, but then the thought of me on the train station carrying a vacuum cleaner got me giggling and I refused the offer.

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Food strategy calls for £3bn sugar and salt tax to improve UK’s diet

addenda... It is my son's birthday today, he is 40 years old, how did I remember that he said.  MyHeritage said I emailed me yesterday.  We got talking as you do on the phone, he wanted me to go back into his father's back history, so something to do.  

He mentioned that I had a Jewish background, my background would leave you in despair for it is so complicated by the four marriages of my grandfather!  I was able to tell him with a flourish of pride that I am European, my grandfather having come from Belgium and fled during the second world war to England.  He and his wife Catherine, left behind their home, their new car on the quay with a mattress on top (bombs?) to flee to England with one little Pekinese snuggled in Catherine's fur coat. I was the result of a liaison between his older son and a young woman but was officially adopted by grandfather and Catherine, who sadly died a couple of years later.