I imagine everyone has heard of Captain Tom Moore by now. The then 99-year-old army veteran wanted to raise £1000 for NHS Charities to help fight coronavirus by completing 100 laps of his garden on his walker before the end of April when he turned 100 (10 laps of the 25m garden a day). His…
Covid Life
Silly walks in lockdown
A family in Michigan have put up a sign outside their house encouraging people to “silly walk” their way past their house. If the concept of “silly walk” isn’t familiar, it comes from a Monty Python’s Flying Circus skit: The Ministry of Silly Walks (an excerpt below…) Apparently everyone has got into the spirit of…
Isol-ate
Everyone is home so we can self-isolate. What I didn’t realise is that really means isol-ate! Packed lunch boxes and limited break times certainly curtail how much the Barbarians can consume on a school day. With no-where to go and without their usual things to do, the Barbarians are grazing all day (they are growing…
Make your day a GEM
For a long time now we’ve made it a habit at our family dinners to go around the table and talk about our favourite thing for the day. It means we all finish the day thinking about what went well, rather than the not so much. That hasn’t changed with our covid stay-at-home life. Although…
Sounds of Silence – covid19 parody
I love the parodies where they can actually sing and the lyrics are clever and funny. I hope you enjoy this one 🙂