Sunshine as well as clouds to start the day, and still mild. Clare was up well before me having breakfast having had a poor night's sleep, and she went back to bed afterwards. I wrote a fourth Lenten haiku after saying Morning Prayer. The story of Levi's call has too much in it to condense into a single verse, so I wrote two.
Trump has withdrawn Starlink satellite network access from Ukraine, on top of withdrawal of intelligence support. He says he's going to impose stronger economic sanctions on Russia as well, given that waging war has weakened the economy, to the point where it may only be able to continue aggression for another eighteen months. His aim is to force both parties to the table. European nations are rallying to increase their support, and strengthen defence capability to compensate for American policy changes. He seems to think he can bully both sides into negotiations, and ignores evidence of the continuing threat Russia poses to Europe, contrary to military opinion in the USA and Europe. There's no sign of Russia reducing its effort to subdue Ukraine, the violence continues against civilian and military targets.
I prepared lunch, then walked in the park, and returned to cook. After an hour's armchair siesta, another walk in the park. I spotted a long tailed tit high in a tree by the river, and watched a pair of goosanders perform their courting ritual. A pleasant early spring afternoon, with carpets of daffodils and crocuses in some places. Lots of hyacinths are flourishing among the bushes in a bed outside the cricket ground. When a small number first appeared there last week, not yet fully grown, I thought they were an odd sort of bluebell I'd never seen before. Not so!
After supper, I watched another couple of episodes of 'Dark Hearts', then finished tomorrow's sermon and printed it off. Then it was time for bed.
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