The voice of a widow

I am meant to be moving.  Our plan was always that we would move back to our beloved Lincolnshire.  And so this is still my plan. It means that I would be closer to my mum and to friends.  Up here in Cumbria everything is just so far away. Without a job and the current cost of living crisis travelling is pretty expensive.  So I have been wading through the main rental website daily. I have not been very successful.  I am not looking for my forever home, just a stop gap whilst I work out what I am going to do.  I have highlighted a few places and given myself a budget. I have a couple of non-negotiables : accept cats, not on a main road (safe for cats) and has a garden space with garage/shed.  I have not been successful, yet.  I have called a few times- but I have been number 23 and 41 in the queue. (none starters then) Then there are those which don't take pets.  But if I am honest, I really haven't been trying really hard.  I can't move forward until I move because until t

With the events of yesterday (the resignation of Boris Johnson) there's a lot of talk about legacy.  What is his legacy?  I have just been hit by a wave of grief as I listened to Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show which is addressing this in the context of the Prime Minister. They played extracts of news reports linking to Johnson. It took me back. I remember when Johnson said that he shook the hands of the people in the hospital with covid. It then cut to a report of 8 people had died of covid.  8 people,  and in the week that my P died there were 126k  (He died of covid Jan 2021) They didn't report the line "Let the bodies pile high!" but that sticks forever in my mind.   So Johnson will move on and will make millions as an after dinner speaker. It will turn out okay for him. His legacy as a PM will be linked to Bexit and the pandemic and the successful roll out of the vaccines. - Is that legacy?   P wasn't bothered at all about being remembered. His view, which I always