This week sees my girl, Tess, finally back at school. She's had a tough 5 weeks after catching a nasty cold virus. She has asthma and she required 2 bouts of steroids and antibiotics. She was even tested for Whooping Cough after 'barking' non stop for hours (thankfully negative). I get support via the Asthma UK phone line - and make a donation, in thanks.
To say I'm anxious about the rapid circulation of the Corona Virus COVID-19, is a slight understatement. Perhaps you are too. Being a parent, of course, is to try to hide your own fears from your child. So here's a photo of Goo Goo and Loo Loo having some pancakes they made earlier for Pancake Tuesday.
Seriously though - these are grim and scary times. We booked a holiday to give us something to look forward to, but now, possible travel restrictions and risks of Corona Virus look likely to influence events. Don't get ahead of yourself, say some. Prepare and plan for a pandemic, say other scientists. These are big uncertainties and a lot to take in.
I take my comfort by stroking the neighbourhood cat. And inhaling the scent of the Hyacinth, or, as the kids call it - Marge Simpson's hair.
Do your best out there, Lieblings. Left-over moussaka will do me for lunch. And finally, Esther, lovely to see this praise for my poetry pamphlet in The Times Scotland.
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