So what’s been happening to us all this week? Getting out and about, doing some gardening? Every country and every person seems to have different policies on Covid so let’s not even think about that. We could go to the beach ….
Whoops – it’s been so windy there’s no sand left on the beach. So we could go down to the river…
A ferry trip turned out to be like the old normal. No hand gel, no rules, no queues, no social distancing – well I was the only passenger – and pay cash, £1….
Perhaps we should go to the circus.
What I actually set out to do was go back to our writers’ group at the library for the first time in a year and a half. Almost normal, limited to six people so a bit of negotiating who is going to go each week. Kitchen and kettle out of bounds and library coffee machine a no go area. But the words of my off line writer friends are as witty and wise as ever. The other event of the day was to have coffee in Arcado Lounge, one of my favourite places, cheerful staff, relaxing atmosphere, more fun than Costa. Open at last, same as before, just more spaced out, luckily there is plenty of space….
In the meantime, back in the outside world life continues to be stranger than fiction and provides ideas for fiction. A burglar stole the gold rosary beads that Mary Queen of Scots took to her execution. They were taken from Arundel Castle and no one can figure how they got in or out. But anyone who enjoys horror stories will know that burglar will have more to worry about than being caught by the police – what mysterious powers will that rosary have, what spirits will be unleashed by this unholy act of theft?
Times and Tides of a Beachwriter 
The worth of the rosary beads is in their history, so they will likely find their way into another collection. They have been around for centuries, so I guess they can bide some time quarantined in private hands. I doubt the thief, fence, or recipient will be using them to pray!
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Stolen to order for some rich collector… but who?
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The investigation should start with Gloria and Helen Hoffner. They are experts in rosary collections and must have some good leads on the beads.
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I love the bit about the unattended childern on the circus sign!
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A fun post…from teaching children unsavoury habits to stolen rosary beads 🙂 x
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Thanks Carol, yes it has been an interesting week.
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An in-person writer’s group? A dinosaur? Life’s returning to normal, then?
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Yes, the return of the dinosaur was a welcome sign.
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Maybe we should give them a second chance with the planet. We’ve got a–
Um.
–a problematic record.
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I have a feeling that there will be a “new normal” even when all restrictions are lifted. More working from home, a continuation of online grocery shopping, still buying the smallest items from Amazon. Our village has seemed friendlier too, long May it continue.
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Yes there will for sure, just shopping on line has become part of our lives. I love my Co Op up the road – they started doing motor scooter deliveries early on in the pandemic. I don’t drive, so I can top up my shopping on foot. You can get deliveries any time, any day.
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Our village shops have thrived too, we even have a new one opened 6 months ago …. astounding courage.
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It has only stopped raining here this morning, so the prospect of a sunny weekend is strangely exciting. I am trying to ignore the 15-inch high grass on the lawn. If asked why I am not mowing it, I will say I am ‘allowing nature to thrive durning the pandemic’.
No dinosaurs spotted on Beetley Meadows as yet, but I live in hope!
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s No Mow May so you have a few days’ grace while the insects and dinosaurs enjoy themselves!
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Janet, it is amazing to feel a hint of normality be it well-spaced. Great about your group meeting up again and what a fascinating snippet about the theft of Mary Queen of Scots’ rosary beads. Definitely, a book waiting to be written! 😀
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Yes, we haven’t heard any more on the news about the rosary, not likely to.
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Love the sign about unattended children! 😀
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Coffee and muffin look delicious. Not ready for the circus yet. Are you in Scotland? That would make a good mystery ghost story about the rosary.
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No I’m right down on the south coast of England. But my late husband was Scottish and I love Scotland, a country with a lot of history and mystery.
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My maternal grandmother was English. Her family emigrated to Nova Scotia and then she later came to America with my grandfather. She was born in Scotland.
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It’s so good that things are getting back to normal. Enjoy.
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Thanks Mark, this weekend we even had a Meal at the Ludo Lounge, another favourite place.
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