Category Archives: Changing World

Blog 146 12.9.22: A new…King…

Posted on Sep 12, 2022 by aintwegotitmade

Prior to the Queen’s demise, we mostly referred to kings in the context of wars, empires, adulterous relationships, divorces, beheadings and such other kingly matters. So a king, today, seems utterly removed from modern life. ‘King’ just sounds…wrong…even if it … Continue reading →

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Blog 145 – 8.9.22: Goodbye Marm.

Posted on Sep 9, 2022 by aintwegotitmade

The Queen is no more. I don’t know what to say. This is not a day I was expecting to have to deal with somehow…we have denied reality for some time and just expected her to go on and on. … Continue reading →

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Blog 142 – 2.10.21…. get out there and grow bolder

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 by aintwegotitmade

Wooo…although about 35,000 people a day are catching covid in these parts (apparently the highest rate in Europe)…many are returning to some kind of post-pandemic normal. We are short of van/lorry/tanker drivers and the brexiters are probably biting their lips … Continue reading →

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Blog 133 – 13.5.20 …ploughing our own furlough..

Posted on May 13, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

The (socially distant) WWII Victory in Europe (V.E) day celebration on 8th May gave neighbours in my street a chance to ‘meet’, 6 feet apart (or thereabouts…it was very easy to forget).. in front gardens, have tea and cakes, and … Continue reading →

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Blog 132 – 2.5.20. It doesn’t have to be a fairy tale….

Posted on May 2, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

At the end of 2019, I quipped in Blog 125 (https://aintwegotitmade.wordpress.com/2019/12/14/blog-125-14-12-19-over-to-you-god/), that the new year might bring us some 20/20 vision… little did I know what was ahead..

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Blog 130 – 20.4.20. Suppose this is a… miracle…

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

Dunno about you, but weirdly, I’m finding these lockdown days racing by….this is a real surprise.

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Blog 127 – 27.3.20. Flatten the curve…

Posted on Mar 28, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

No doubt others will have described this similarly…but as a young lady from the local children’s nursery said (before lockdown),  ..’This is mad! It’s surreal! I feel like I’ve suddenly stumbled onto a movie set’.  She was clearly both excited … Continue reading →

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