Self Isolation and all that

The above statement at the moment is not true. We are still able to bo shopping although the choice of what we can buy is limited.  We are however being sensible and limiting our travel on public transport to the minimum. This panic buying is to me vey inane and I still want someone to explain why people are buying toilet rolls although now we can add to this list sanitisers, vitamin C, kitchen rolls and now paracetamol. At least the supermarkets are now restricting bulk panic buying and are doing special opening house for the elderly (this of course includes myself). 

On a different note although most of the sanctuaries, centres and churches have closed or if not will possibly be closing this weekend some people are setting up online events and Lucya Starza will be publishing theses in her blog so keep your eye peeled www.badwitch.co.uk.  I must say her blog is always well worth reading not only with a list of events but also with very informative information. 

We like everyone else have closed as lots of you know those over seventy have been advised to self isolate.  I would like you to spare a though for Frederica (in Italy), Aixa and Juan Carlos (in Spain) in lockdown.  

 

We are planning to reopen as soon as possible and we are certainly hoping the estimation of June is unfounded. Both Daniel and I plus two other friends feel it will be at the end of April. Although we also both are undecided whether we will be attending Daniel Mapel’s course at the end of April as we fear it will be cancelled.

As you can see from above we are still knitting hearts and I will use this time to knit even more in readiness to distributing them when things are back to normal (whatever that is). I am not on my own as our latest contributor Linda Ozolina have been exceptionally busy and produced those below. Some of which are being distributed today and I understand some may even be going to Portugal. They really are wonderful.

Finally I note from another post I saw that there is a Saint Corona who is guess what the patron saint of pandemics and who incidentally is buried in northern Italy. Although I am not a catholic I do wonder if a wee prayer to this saint might be well in order. On that note I leave you with that thought.i