So Captain Sir Tom Moore has died. I’m pretty sure I read the other day that his family was with him at the hospital. I rather hope that was the case but we need to remember the many who die from this nasty virus all alone in a hospital room.
And now Boris Johnson proposes that the nation should clap for Sir Tom, and the NHS of course. If there is a heaven then I don’t really think Sir Tom needs our applause to get him there.
Praise for him is everywhere. And rightly so, but there is also this, posted by someone who calls himself Corbynista Teen:-
“I don’t want to see your Captain Rom tweets if you don’t understand that it’s messed up a 100 year old man had to walk laps of his garden to raise money for an underfunded NHS, to then be venerated by Tory MPs who made his charity necessary in the first place.”
Well said, Corbynista Teen!
Sir Tom seems to have had a good life, compos mentis til the end and fortunately without a very long and painful illness to carry him off. May we all be as fortunate!
Further to my remarks about hair yesterday, here is something I found when I investigated the Halo collective:-
“Welcome to the home of the Halo Collective
We are the Black hair revolution
We are an alliance of organisations and individuals working to create a future without hair discrimination, founded by young Black organisers from The Advocacy Academy.
Race-based hair discrimination has been illegal in the UK since the the Equalities Act became law in 2010, and yet it still happens all the time.
For too long, Black people have been told that our hair textures and hairstyles are inappropriate, unattractive, and unprofessional. We’ve been suspended from school, held back in our careers, and made to feel inferior by racist policies and attitudes.
Together, we are fighting for the protection and celebration of Black hair and hairstyles.”
Okay!
We have been watching a detective series set in the far, far north; Rebecka Martinsson, Arctic Murders. As seems to be common in crime fiction these days, the eponymous Rebecka is an investigator with problems of her own - disturbed childhood, troubled love-life and identity crisis. There also seems to be a theme, a minor theme anyway, running through the stories, about children being brought up by grandparents, including Rebecka herself. It makes you wonder how so many people could be careless enough to lose their parents.
And, as the action takes place in a relatively small town where everyone seems to know everything about everyone, I am once again surprised by how many people get murdered in such a small place. In this case I might put it down to the depressively, disturbingly long dark winters so far up North but in general it would seem not to be very advisable to go and live in a small community. Just in case!
The episode we watched last night involved the Sami people. (Are they the same as eskimos?) A whole family was being killed off, one after the other, so that one person could inherit wealth. Most of the others, including those killed, seemed mostly preoccupied about ownership of reindeer, something that is equated with status in the Sami community. For those who want to know more here is a link to information about the Sami here is a link to a website.
In the meantime, here are a few interesting facts about Sami and reindeer:
DID YOU KNOW?
Facts about Sami and reindeer
- There are some 260,000 reindeer in Sweden. Natural predators such as the wolf are seen as a major threat to reindeer owners.
- Reindeer in Sweden are semi-domesticated and live in the northern forests and mountains. They eat mushrooms, lichen, grass and herbs.
- Suovas is a protected word which refers to smoked reindeer meat. Reindeer meat is rich in minerals and very lean.
- Reindeer milk tastes sweet and looks like melted ice cream.
- Sami shoes and gloves are made from reindeer hide.
- Typical Sami first names are Ante, Ristin, Sunna and Aslak. Double names such as Per-Anders, Lars-Nila and Elle-Maret are also common.
There you go!
Life goes on, stay safe and well, everyone.
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