Morning dawns beautifully ... a sprinkling of snow on the hills, warm sun, cool breeze ... the second day of typical Weardale weather ... known locally as lambing storms ... locals also tell of the general shift from severe winters through until May ... doom and gloom forecasts almost designed to keep us indoors, along with the fear of terrorists lurking on our doorsteps ... yet yesterday's snowy squalls, between periods of sunshine were rather energising on the 10 mile walk down the dale, delivering programmes for next month's Wheels to Meals trips ... and calling in to see a friend and discuss these topics of fear and how the collective consciousness processes it ... who, if not us, wants people scared of the world? And how is this consciousness to be changed, if each entity, being the centre of the universe(s), will not look inside and examine the delusions .... the question of free will, still under discussion with my friend, who nevertheless is mostly optimistic ...
On FB, a wonderful drama, the last act of the disturbing story from Paris and the murder of a policeman, as his husband addresses the great and the good, along with hundreds of uniformed colleagues of the deceased ... all processing a multi-layered and beautifully delivered eulogy ... its themes of tolerance, embodied by the relationship of the dead gendarme and his male lover ... times have changed in recent decades, mostly for the better ... you can see the eulogy here hopefully ... meanwhile the French have their own political soap opera playing, with more polarisation ... whilst back in the DUK the plots thicken, with previous Labour Prime Minister and shapeshifter, admirer of Margaret Thatcher, the template for the Theresa May character this time round ... having loyally pursued neo-liberal economic policies and interventionist pro-US foreign policies, positions himself in the vacant role as Remain in EU cheerleader ... while a seedy sub-plot of alleged illegalities in election funding affecting around 30 Tories threatens to derail May, though far more serious allegations of paedophile activity at the highest levels are suppressed ...
Today's outing, taking advantage of the free bus pass and the direct Wednesday Weardale double decker to Newcastle, to meet an old friend, who has an interesting path, taking in 4th dimensional realities which you can read about here .. a lovely lunch at the delightful Settle Down Cafe (free ad, please visit ... an oasis of simplicity in a desert of overpriced pretension) ... and back via Bishop Auckland on the Castles Express ( another free ad, though may try them out for a regular contract) with WiFi and tables upstairs for a superior bus experience ...perfect timing for the Stanhope connection, just a minute to spare ...
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