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Simly..stay home....

27/1/2021

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I have just been listening to our First Minister telling us, yet again, to stay home, and to not even think of travelling.

Never has it been more important that our homes should be our sanctuaries - should comfort and sustain us and bring us joy. So I am continuing to think about how my home can help me through the pandemic....good progress has been made in 'putting my house in order' which is what I set out to do in the first lockdown, imagining that it might last a month or two.

Thanks to FlyLady (whom I heard about in the unlikely place of Leo Babauta's Zen Habits - which is like an ultra cool version of old fashioned Fly Lady) The house is clean. With Marie Kondo's help it's pretty uncluttered and organised.  I was lucky enough to get some decorating done during the easing of lockdown, outside repairs are being done and the outside is being painted in the spring.  So something positive has come out of this period.

I have flowers and candles, art upon the walls, heat and light and nothing to complain about, but what my home needs most is people in it, and that I can't have! Like all of us I am finding this tough.

So the next most important part of the 'we will get through this kit'; is undoubtedly video calls - Facebook, Zoom, WhatsApp.


I so enjoyed your comments yesterday - sausages and Sibelius, too much chocolate, slowing down and dressing up, and lipstick under the mask - thanks for sharing!
Picture

That Atlas of Great Britain makes it look like I am planning to travel! (It's an old photo...)
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Sheena
28/1/2021 01:59:28 pm

Home is also my sanctuary and having lived on my own for many years it is run to suit me. Bits still annoy me or worry me but overall it comforts and sustains me. But, but, but you are right when you say the lack of other people to welcome into our homes is such a loss. I wonder if that is a widespread feeling or if some people maybe find it a relief ?

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Freda
28/1/2021 02:32:33 pm

Sometimes the total responsibility of my home weighs a little heavy...but I still consider my own front door key my treasured possession. I have ‘welcome’ written on the wall in the hall, so I guess that states my position clearly....

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Susan
29/1/2021 12:10:45 am

You've named something that I feel, but hadn't recognised, Freda: both parts of running one's own home.

Mary R.
29/1/2021 06:15:48 am

I have been surprised at the comfort I have found being at home much more. At first I missed movies and restaurants with friends so very much. I am enjoying the slower pace of life but not the reason of course. I enjoy my own company and and have found myself looking for ways to make my home cozier and cozier.

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