An Overcast Day

[poliphilo]

Yesterday we bought some brisket. This morning I got up at 6.30, put it in the slow cooker, then went back to bed for a couple more hours.

This is the weekend of the diamond jubilee. The media tell me the country is hugely enthused about it. I'm trying not to be, but I'm not sure I'll succeed. Margaret Drabble has an article in The Independent this morning about how we're all of us- royalist and republican alike- fixated on the Royal Family- and I'm afraid it's true. I may not love the Windsors but I can hardly get enough of them. Show me a newspaper comments page and if there's an essay there about how awful they are it's the one I'll click on first. 

The heat wave broke a couple of days back. We had rain on the day of the funeral. Dot's hallway was full of umbrellas. I'm writing this mid-morning and Ailz has just asked me to switch the light on.

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

More and more, I'm struck by the utter pointlessness of the Royals. It would be edifying to see them bouncing along in a tumbrel, on the way to their just desserts, but those are the only circumstances under which I should ever wish to see or hear of them ever again.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

A lot cooler here too thank goodness. WE do moan about the weather though as a nation

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

The nobility, and royalty, touches a number of things deep within us, I think.

Firstly, it's the idea behind it - that there would be an intelligent, wise, benevolent ruler that would care for his/her people and their needs... it is no wonder that there was such a thing as the concept of "Divine Right" when you think about it, as well as the concept of royalty being descended from Gods. I think royalty in particular can be seen as a surrogate deity in some respects. (Obviously, the reality of those who ruled generally falls short of this ideal).

Secondly, it's the idea of a life of relative ease - the idea of being wealthy enough to be able to do what you want when you want and how you want.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

I find the whole history of Queen Elizabeth and her family to be really interesting. I have a feeling that I would be one of the celebrators.