Mid term set back

I went to the Eucharist at St Catherine's this morning. There were nine of us present. The church hall was occupied with an open event organised by the Council to offer help and support for people in coping with the on-set of colder weather, perhaps for the first time if they are recently arrived from warmer climes, or having to cope with reduced budgets. It was called 'Winter Well-being'. The church 'Warm Wednesday' initiative provided free hot drinks as usual, and the remaining worship congregation sat around and chatted while people came and went. It wasn't easy to tell how many clients or service providers were there, but it was a good idea and worth repeating. Sometimes news is slow to spread, despite social media.

I collected this week's veggie bag afterwards, and returned in time for lunch cooked by Clare while I was out. Having gone to bed late I had a snooze after lunch before going into town on the bus to buy myself a pack of new underpants. There was so much available to choose from it took me ages. I also bought some packs of Christmas cards, to get me thinking early about our end of year mail-out. Time seems to pass so quickly these days I have to start everything much earlier, to get done what needs to be done.

It's Rachel's birthday today forty nine years old, still making music, working hard and sounding optimistic. Not that it stops us worrying about her. She's sent me a studio recording audio track she's in the process of creating with a new collaborator in Arizona. 

In the US mid term, it looks as is the Democrats have lost control of the House of Representatives, which stalemates the government's legislation programme, and opens the way for all sorts of Trump inspired trouble-making efforts to discredit President Biden and the electoral process which put him in power. This very disturbing. At least Trump endorsed republican candidates didn't do as well as expected. Maybe the tide of opinion will turn against him. You can't fool all of the people all of the time. 

Worryingly, it's likely that Trump if re-elected would reduce military support for Ukraine, diminishing the possibility of getting rid of Russian invaders from their country. What nobody knows is how long Putin will last, as his war has not been the success he anticipated, but has set much of the world against him and his criminal gang. It's a matter of Watch and Pray.

There wasn't much of interest on live telly, so I binge watched two more episodes of SAS Rogue Heroes, and ended up going to bed late again,