A bright clear sunny day, with the temperature just above zero. After breakfast, I started on my Sunday sermon. Clare's study group arrived for a session, and having run out of ideas to complete the sermon, I went out for an hour's brisk walk. I cooked chicken and chorizo for myself for lunch. Clare had a portion of yesterday's fish pie.
I slept for over an hour after eating, then took another walk in the park enhanced by a beautiful evening sky, but it felt cold, even colder than the actual one degree centigrade. I was glad to get home again. On my way past the Conway pub, all lit up, I was pleased to see progress being made towards opening day, with groups of tables being positioned adjacent to the main bar. Several large new pieces of kitchen equipment are parked on the patio outside awaiting installation.
Clare went out to meditation group at six, so I recorded Morning Prayer in a quiet house before supper, then edited it, made the video slideshow and uploaded the fruit of my effort afterwards. I found a new Finnish crimmie to watch on Channel 4, set in a snowy Porvoo not far from Helsinki. Some of the drama happens in water at close to freezing temperature, and there's a detective who runs to work in the snow wearing fancy slipper socks, which makes me wonder if this is fictional, or if inhabitants really are so resistant to extreme cold. It's just above zero again here tonight. No snow, but energy draining cold. It must be hell for inhabitants of Gaza trying to survive without proper shelter in winter conditions. Tibet has had a big earthquake with possibly hundreds of victims. Searching destroyed buildings when it's minus fifteen centigrade must be a nightmare of an experience. Few people can live long trapped under rubble at that temperature.
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