Thursday 29 November 2018

Settling ...

Organism takes a while to adjust to quick trip from Tavira, short night at hotel, wet weather, house knocked about and awaiting completion ... more settled after early discovery of 1973 book by John Blofeld: "the secret and sublime -Taoist Mysteries and Magic" ... bus trip to visit old friend in new home with extra care ... on the bus a long and deep conversation with friend working with major life issues ... at the very well designed care home an interesting example of systems failure as friend, diagnosed with Alzheimer's, books patient transport for appointment next week, runs through a series of questions to ascertain eligibility, falls foul of one and is denied transport ... swiftly corrected by subsequent call to appeals line and more compassionate person ... all driven by financial targets to reduce costs of a service, part of the whole systems redesign offered a decade ago and declined by powers that be ... for vulnerable callers the very first interaction with officialdom sets up a series of hurdles ... press 1 for this, 2 for that and so on ... a personal interest must be declared and how it works in the parallel universe where new ideas are welcomed and international best practice valued is so far unknown ... the veil between worlds still operating effectively ...

Third encounter with Stanhope elder, booked for Community Christmas event, fills afternoon, before shopping, and more energy exchange ... local shops being of a different nature than soulless superstores ... and home to cosy upstairs room ... whilst sitting room downstairs remains a building site ... soul having more or less caught up with flying body ... Sun having shown his face for an hour two also ...

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