Feest Isolation Days – 5 October
Storm Alex did indeed rush in over the weekend. It wasn’t as bad here as some of the forecasters promised. It rained most of the weekend, but it wasn’t as windy as we had feared. Still, we took the precaution of taking in some of the blooms from my favourite hydrangea to enjoy indoors, saving them from being beaten and battered.
On Sunday afternoon in the driving rain we headed to the sea, to Clevedon. We walked along the empty prom and on part of the costal path which is paved and not muddy. A good bracing walk with rain and wind bashing us and the sea pounding onto the shore was most invigorating!
Although the entire weekend wasn’t filled with quite as much bluster as we expected, it was filled with some news that is impossible to avoid discussing. President Trump tested positive for Covid. He was taken to Walter Reed Memorial Hospital where he remains. He is being given drugs and according to his doctor he’s doing well. According to the White House spokesperson who thought he was speaking off the record, he is more ill than anyone was letting on.
The timeline of when he became ill is now under discussion following his personal doctor’s statement. The world was told at a medical briefing, that Trump had been ill for 72 hours. That differs from the timeline suggested previously. This makes a big difference to those people he would have spent a great deal of indoor unmasked time with him during those hours. He won’t be leaving the hospital for a while yet. The next few days are the most important. What does seem to be proven without a shadow of a doubt given the number of Republicans who work or have attended parties at the White House, is that they have not followed recommended guidance on masks or social distancing.
It was the party in the Rose Garden that later moved inside the White House where Team Trump were announcing their pick for Supreme Court Justice where the spreading seems to have come from. It is hard not to feel a bit smug. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg may have her last wish fulfilled. She didn’t want her Supreme Court seat filled until after the election. With many Republican Senators contracting Covid, and Trump in the hospital it may well be that her wish will be granted. Not it would seem if Mitch McConnell has his way. We shall see what happens.
While Biden has stopped all of his attack ads on Trump, Trumps camp have not stopped the attack. Less than thirty days to go to the election now. We will all be watching the news with great interest over the next days and weeks.
“Pray for Trump – Vote for Biden” seems a good way of dealing with the current situation!
If this is all a bit too much to ruminate about…have some fun with this…
Politically incorrect no doubt, but funny and we all need some funny at the moment!
The Sketch Show from 2004 and Phobias….
Enjoy!
With love
Kathy x