30th September 2021

The small world I live in does not have any shortages.  Lidl for instance has every shelf full and plenty of vegetables to buy.  But I am aware further afield people are experiencing difficulty in getting some items - not a great problem of course, just think of Syria, Afghanistan, Libya or any country shorn of good government and starving.

But reading the runes and there will be problems over the next couple of years, the 'standard of living' we are living with, when we can have anything we want at the click of a mouse is fading.  Given that we are going through  climate change such fall back is welcome.

I am not sobbing my heart out at no turkeys, never eat them to begin with and the ceaseless slaughter of creatures to whet our appetites always leaves me with a bleak feeling.  The young are turning more to vegetarianism and veganism, and the old habit of meat and two veg will die a good death ;)

Here is a BBC business summary of shortages.  I have only just realised that the good price I got from the garage for my car was due to a shortage of secondhand cars, well I never!

I look for positive news every morning, its there happening, the rescue of moon bears by Animal Asia, a large undertaking in China is happening and if you watch the following video of 15 minutes, you will be glad that there are people out there working to protect animals.  These poor bears live solitary cramped lives in small cages just so they can be milked of their bile.  A bear can live 30 years though these don't of course, such cruelty expressed at the hands of man is unjustifiable, redress comes late but the cruelty is recognised.

Rats and mice, could you tell the difference when they poked their heads up from the loo seat? The rat has round ears.......