Remembering something creative and enjoyable you did during the period of Covid-19 lockdown/isolation.
The lockdown threw up learning curves for silver surfers with ageing equipment. A steep one was participation in a music ensemble (appropriately called Nevis Ensemble) performing “500 Miles”. My grandfather clock, fed up with lockdown, wanted to join in. The downstairs technology comprised my smart phone and my ancient iPad. (“Ancient” in the digital sense: … Continue reading Your Memoirs – “500 Miles up the Nevis”
When lockdown began it was a wakeup call for me. It wasn’t until then that I discovered I was old. I had never thought of myself as being over the hill until one of my children asked, no, ordered me to go to the supermarket, fill my trolley and then get home and lock the … Continue reading Your Memoirs – “Lockdown Shenanigans”
Go to the green grocer. Ask him to save you his next potato sack. (They were made of rough hessian)! Search the family rag bag. (Before the ragman cometh) Wash any material you can work with. (Woollen content is best, doesn’t fray.) Cut into strips of approximately 1 inch x 4. Collect hessian sack. Open … Continue reading Your Memoirs – “Making a Rug”
Today has been hectic having to queue for items outside Tesco, trying to shop for neighbours there Isn’t the choice on the shelves so like many others I have to get what I can. There are some that accept the situation and others that don’t always consider the needs of others. When they are taking … Continue reading Your Memoirs – “Watch Tower”