In addition to the usual broken sleep I had a nose bleed when I got up in the night. Fortunately it didn't last long. Will I ever be able to shake off this wretched tiredness? All I can do is rest, relax and try to recover. Ann took her leave of us at midday and went to the station by taxi. I found her phone charger, left behind in a bedroom socket when rearranging the room. Clare found a suitable mailing envelope and I went to the Post Office and sent it off to Ann after lunch.
The sky is blue with scattered clouds today, and it's eighteen degrees. Being used to unpredictable weather, I went out to the Post Office wearing a rain jacket I didn't need, and felt the heat. I didn't drink enough when I got up this morning, which added to my feeling poorly with slow reactions. I made up for it when I got back home however, and slowly improved.
I had an exchange of messages with Owain, who's currently on holiday in Lisbon, networking with techno buddies he's met on-line. He's having a good time, and I look forward to hearing about it when he returns.
After a lunch of prawns with mushrooms, onion, and cabbage, I responded to an invitation to attend Ty Mawr's annual meeting of Associates explaining that since my stroke traveling to the convent isn't possible for me any longer, and large social events with a group of friends and strangers are too much stimulus for me to cope with at present. I have to be honest about my limitations. Our Tenby holiday was far too tiring for me, and will take me a week to recover from. it's a real shame, as the speaker is Canon Ali Grey, a Associate priest and psychiatrist whose subject is 'Eco-anxiety: A Christian response to the impact of the climate crisis .... If you are not disturbed by this, then you are not paying attention.' Intriguing.
Although the Americans express optimism about peace talks with Iran, despite the unstable cease-fire, deadlock in the conflict continues. Trump's coercive rhetoric and unpredictable behaviour have yielded no progress. Israel continues its war against Hezbollah in which over 3,000 have been killed in Lebanon, despite on-going peace talks between Lebanon and Israel. Meanwhile, the Saudis are working on an oil pipeline that will circumvent the Straight of Hormuz. The sale of solar panels to plug the energy gap will be hugely beneficial to China. While these are work-around solutions to this crisis, this could well end up changing the economics of energy production in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia's oil wealth enables it to invest in alternatives to fossil fuels and innovate. The Finns have developed 'sand batteries', to store heat energy from electricity generated by wind or wave power. This can be converted back into electricity by means of steam turbine electricity generators. Saudi Arabia is not exactly short of this raw material!
I walked in Llandaff Fields until supper time. I sat on a park bench in the sunshine and nearly dozed off. I hope I sleep better tonight.
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