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Dec. 19th, 2021

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Yesterday was viewing day. We took ourselves off the premises and let the estate agent get on with it. We had lunch at Woodies- the new veggie cafe in Paddock Wood (where the high street seems to be thriving in spite of Covid)- then drove down onto Romney Marsh. I stopped off at the tiny church in Ebony (a hamlet so insignificant it isn't even named on the road map I use) which is bucking the general trend and- having been closed- is now hosting regular services. They had a carol service scheduled for later that afternoon. Afterwards there was Wittersham (see previous post).

We parked up at St Mary's Bay- and I walked down the beach. I thought of taking my shoes and socks off and getting my feet wet but didn't. Writing now from the comfort of a centrally heated room I rather wish I had....

The estate agent says he'll ring tomorrow with a progress report.

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It's been foggy all day. I went for a quick trudge. The horses' project- which is to get the fields looking like a medieval battlefield- is coming along nicely.

I don't want to eat any more sweet stuff.

I'm not feeling Christmas this year. Some years I do, some years I don't.

My wish to see the back of Boris Johnson is tempered by the knowledge that no replacement will serve us better. (Because our system is rigged to serve the rich and powerful not thee and me.) "Put not your trust in princes," as that jolly old churchman Thomas Wolsey is supposed to have said on his deathbed- not meaning exactly what I have in mind, but the words- taken on their own- resonate....

I've just listened to a couple of carols. Medieval ones of course. They're so much jollier and earthier than Post-Reformation ones. As I've written in a comment to the friend who posted them, I sometimes think the Reformation was a thoroughly bad thing.

I don't mind the Pope getting booted out but it was a crime to sideline Our Lady...

Who was always on our side.

Correction: who IS always on our side because cancelling Her isn't going to make Her go away...

Or expunge Her words from the Very Big Book the reformers valued so much...

He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.



Vandalized image of Our Lady, St Mary, Clifton Reynes, Bucks.

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