Keep Busy
Private Frazer in
Dad’s Army: "We’re doomed".
Trying times for us
all. Mal’s best advice: keep busy if you can. The newspapers are
full of advice on how to do this. So: read a newspaper – on-line
if you can’t get to the shops to get one. Don’t forget, when I
say newspaper I mean a real newspaper. You can get trial versions of
most dailies like the Eastern Daily Press – great for local news –
the Times – the Guardian – the Mail – The Mirror – The
Telegraph and yes, even The Sun (better than nothing), check out the
Kansas City Star!
On Sunday I always
get the Sunday Times and have done for more than forty years. The 22
March edition is packed with stuff about the virus, as you may well
imagine. Be sure to check out Jeremy Clarkson’s article, very
obtuse yet funny and Ron Liddle just hits the spot.
Next: get out if you
can. I have a large garden so I can walk about with impunity. We
are building a fence for our next door neighbour. It’s only small
and its only purpose is to separate our tiny front gardens, but at
least we are out in the fresh air. We plan to drive to Bacton and
walk along the seafront – it’s free and healthy – just avoid
other people if you can.
Read a book: check
out the local library to see if they have an on-line ordering system
– you may not even have to physically go there. If not, sneak into
you local charity shop, they will have many books for next to
nothing. Locally, you can check out the Bookstore at the Bure Valley
Railway – lots of books and cheap! (works for me)!
I managed to
track down one of my favourite “end-of-the-world-scenario books,
Alas Babylon, which I was, with quite a bit of finagling able to get
an electronic version of and download it to my tablet.
An excellent read – especially for the 12 and under age groups. -
not much violence or sex. Others in the same mode might be Z for
Zachariah and On the Beach, Brother in the Land, The Postman ( Kevin
Costner made it into a film much maligned by the critics, but far
better than his Waterworld fiasco ) and The Day After Tomorrow (a
particularly poor book!).
(something called the open library has extensive ebooks in
read-as-you -go versions, OK for me because I read so fast that I
can usually finish one in a day – doesn’t work with War and
Peace, however, believe me I have tried)
Learn something:
I’m currently working on an on-line course to learn Latin.
Check on your
neighbours. I have the phone numbers of my immediate neighbours so I
can call them if I have to. I see them from a distance most days.
Stay in touch with
your family. On Mother’s Day (here in the UK) people might be
tempted to visit their mums. Don’t. Just make do with a phone
call or Skype.
Write something on
your blog., or start one if you haven’t already. Check mine out
at: https://malkauffman.blogspot.com/
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