As I got organised to run round the village this morning, the weather app on my phone informed me that it would start raining in twenty minutes. I’m not sure how correct it was on timing but it certainly started to rain on me as I ran. Quite heavy rain at one point too. But then, I heard it rain in the night again, so a bit more rain this morning was no surprise.. The water barrel in the back garden is rapidly filling again, after I almost emptied it to water various plant pots during the hot spell.
A bit of rain won’t hurt me. So far I don’t seem to melt or shrink. I returned home, showered, put a load of washing in the washing machine and had some breakfast. The sun was shining by the time the washing was done, so I took the risk of hanging it in the garden. When I went out later to buy a few odds and ends at the local Tesco I took my waterproof with me. I was hedging my bets; hanging washing out was tempting fate and in iting rain but taking my waterproof out with me was like an insurance policy, almost guaranteed to prevent rain.
It didn’t rain on me but it was distinctly grey and threatening by the time I returned home. So I brought in the by now almost dry washing and, of course, this encouraged the sun to come out once more.
And suddenly the day was more than half over. The time slips away.
Out in the wider world, Jeremy Corbyn is calling for an inquiry into the UK’s part in the Gaza conflict. Here’s a link to an article he wrote on the subject for the Guardian. He’s just quietly getting on with pushing for what he sees as right.
I read that David Beckham is to receive a knighthood in the king’s birthday honours. It seems he’s done a lot of good work for various charities. He will be Sir David and Victoria will be Lady Beckham. He received an OBE in 200 and apparently it was proposed that he become a knight in 2011 after he helped London win its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. But he was implicated in a tax avoidance scheme and the knighthood idea disappeared down that rabbit hole. He was later cleared of any wrong doing - Mr Squeaky Clean!
He’s come a long way, has David, a Unicef special ambassador for twenty years, and hobnobbing with royalty as well as with other rich and famous folk. This year he was given the World Economic Forum crystal award, something given to people who have used their art or other cultural work to improve the state of the world, in his case for work on children’s rights.
In his acceptance speech he urged Davos attenders to fight for the rights of girls, saying he wanted his now 13-year-old daughter, Harper, to have the same opportunities as her three brothers. He added that girls particularly were being held back by poverty, violence and discrimination. “They need opportunities. They need collective action and they need investment,” he said.
I bet the soon to be Lady Beckham is proud of him!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone.
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