Diary 266
Diary 266
Wednesday, December 9th
This magnificent four-flowered amaryllis came to us through the good offices of our dear friend Sally Young. Thank you, Sally!! It’s a reminder of how astonishing Nature truly is – the entity that human kind seems to be hell bent on destroying.
Covid vaccinations have started in England. The first person to get one was a lady of 90. I was surprised by this – most 90 year olds (with a few exceptions) are a tad on the frail side already, even before being zapped with a vaccine. But this was the choice of Britain’s health services, and was not a unique instance. Some people have had rather severe reactions – especially those who suffer from allergies. This is not good news for me, as I do have allergies. Still, with luck this will all work out in time for the UK to plunge out of the EU on December 31st, thus officially becoming an outcast nation.
The US is still dragging in the vaccine stakes. The former ‘president’, who still refuses to admit defeat in the polls, supposedly turned down the offer of millions of vaccines sometime in October. He really can’t do anything right.
And his golf course in Scotland? You remember that? The opposition to it said it’d destroy an area of ecological importance. The developers said it would be fine. Well, it’s not. Ecologists have just declared there’s nothing left to preserve anymore – because the golf course destroyed it all. So now the plan is to build another course. This, despite the first one never having turned a profit. What kind of insanity is this?
