{"id":2002,"date":"2021-01-03T08:22:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T08:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2021-01-03T08:22:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T08:22:42","slug":"a-quiet-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2021\/01\/03\/a-quiet-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A quiet day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No walk again today, because it’s slippery at this preferable quiet time of a holiday Sunday and I don’t want to clog up A&E. No church for me either, because the current restrictions probably aren’t enough to keep R down once the new strain takes over (which is inevitable), and I don’t want to take a chance on spreading this thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And from today’s Lectionary<\/a> – all those readings in some way remind me, “Don’t forget to hope!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday’s mist in the valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Look at the table of countries which have abolished the ‘tampon tax’* here<\/a>, and you’ll see it includes Ireland which is in the EU. So what’s this nonsense about the abolition in the UK being a benefit of Brexit?
* other sanitary products are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God of love.
we praise and thank you
for good weather and bad,
for the eternal interplay
of sunshine and moisture,
of hot and cold,
that nourishes the earth.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No walk again today, because it’s slippery at this preferable quiet time of a holiday Sunday and I don’t want to clog up A&E. No church for me either, because the current restrictions probably aren’t enough to keep R down once the new strain takes over (which is inevitable), and I don’t want to take … <\/p>\n

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