Many of us are now living a rather odd life in the shadow of pandemic (now there’s a sentence I was never expecting to write). Here in the UK we’re now in a kind of partial lockdown, with schools, pubs, restaurants, museums etc all closed indefinitely, I’m working entirely from home and we’re limiting how much we leave the house. Only a few days in and it’s a strange existence.
I thought one way to stay connected would be through my blog which I’ve not used as much as I’d have liked over the last 9 months or so. I’ve decided I’ll try to write something short a few times a week: it might be reflections on what I’m doing at home; using old photos from trips to say something about places I’ve enjoyed visiting; and maybe even thoughts about what’s going on.
I’ve decided to call the series ‘A quiet life’ because life will be quieter, with no socialising, going for a coffee or a beer, let alone days out walking or visiting places. It already is quieter too- even though I live in a pretty quiet neighbourhood there’s often a background noise from traffic on the town or the nearby motorway but that’s not as noticeable, there’s far fewer people wandering along the street chatting, and the tell-tale vapour trails from aircraft are conspicuously absent.
So I’ll see where it takes me. In the meantime, before I get going on the series, I’ll just say stay safe and take care.
Here’s a nice picture of a sunset on Lake Champlain in Vermont from last summer to start with. We spent a few days there and fell in love with the place. I’ll revisit it quite a few times in my posts I’m sure!
I think we all need some escapism and positive things to read so believe it’s good to blog,
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That’s what I think, a little something to take is out of ourselves at the moment is more important than ever. And I’ve taken so many photos in places that I’ve never written about that it seems like a good time to get back to the writing.
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