Not turning the down the gift of a sunny spring afternoon to go for a rural ramble. It was while doing so, that I was suddenly struck by one of those thoughts you sometimes get.
You KNOW the type I'm talking about... As to how in the promo video for Canadian synth-pop band - Men without hats, 1983 single "Safety Dance" The singer and his lute playing companion, dance through a rustic landscape studded with tall poles topped with cartwheels.

Today is one of those days that makes you realise how different everything is right now. As any other year, Today would have seen us up before the dawn and on the frosty streets of Whittlesey to take part in something special... Because in 'normal' times, today would have been #strawbear day in Whittlesey.

This is sparked by a conversation yesterday, but do you ever stop to reflect on the weird energy 1970s British ceramics and pottery had? I mean some REALLY weird stuff was going on. I mean you don't think of tableware as 'subversive' it's kind of essential. And I am sure our parents either owned, or knew people who's household had at least some Hornsea stoneware on the sideboard.
So...much...brown...

Seeing the events unfold on the Île de la Cité this afternoon / evening, It's hard not to fall into despair ( I know, as could feel it happening to me) There is no doubt this is a heartbreaking & catastrophic loss.
But...
#NotreDame if we can light a candle from these embers, it's that we will rebuild.
All those acres of lost medieval timber, well carpenters now will look at them anew. Masons will scribe sections and profiles, from books made by masons 200 years before them.