I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go
That is a Lennon and McCartney composition entitled Fixing a Hole from the legendary Sergeant Pepper album.
I wrote a piece yesterday for the local press about Hethersett Jubilee Youth Club launching an appeal to replace their extremely leaky roof. It's going to cost around £30,000.
It's horrible to think of young people meeting whilst buckets catch rainwater around them. Hethersett, like all towns and villages, needs a thriving youth club. Let's hope sufficient money is forthcoming from grants to allow the work to go ahead.
I was interested to see that not only does the youth club run the usual youth club style sessions on Wednesdays, but also well being sessions once a month on Thursdays - a good source of support for any young people struggling mentally.
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I talked a few days ago about writing styles. If you enjoy writing do you find yourself with a mental block, unable to think of the appropriate words to express what you are trying to say? I know I do.
So another song lyric game to mind from my favourite songwriter Harry Chapin and his song "Story of a Life."
Now sometimes words can serve me well
Sometimes words can go to hell
For all that they do
Those simple words seem very deep in a strange sort of way. They always come to mind when I'm struggling to write.
Today I had a different problem. Writing a story for the local press I couldn't decide what angle to take. So I wrote three different versions which said three different things in three different ways. It was an interesting experience.
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I have stayed away from the news over the past couple of days but am I right in thinking that the green shoots are at last beginning to poke above the ground?
I am hoping that I will get the call in the next week or so to have my virus jab. I have been hugely encouraged to hear how efficient our local centre is. We will only have to travel just over two miles (I may well walk).
On Saturday, the Humbleyard Practice (because it is they) vaccinated 1,200 people working from 5.30 am until 7.30 pm. In a three day period they completed 2,400 jabs. Those are impressive figures and there has been a large number of complimentary comments about the organisation of the centre from the car park attendants and the admin people to the vaccinators. And apparently everyone had a smile on their faces despite the appalling wet weather. I guess it's the thought of all those kind volunteers helping to eradicate this dreadful disease.
Isn't it good to have something positive to report?