I’ve just been reading GP’s blog and saw this one. I’ve read one of his previous posts on the subject some years ago, and I always find it very uplifting. In a world where  the spirit of Christmas, and in fact any sort of good news, seems to be in short supply this is an important post and one that world leaders should read.

I like a lot of other blogs too, but I just don’t have the energy to read them at the moment. I’m getting old – three major infections in three months – it really is time to retire and relax. And that, until I am well, is going to be my final word on health. Even I am getting fed up of discussing it, so it must be worse to read about it second hand.

I watched several episodes of Sharpe today. There were more on, but two is enough, even for me. Julia did other things, but I knew she really wanted to watch something else. We ended up with Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Saw the Sycamore Gap tree, wondered how such a bad film ever got made, pondered how several worse ones have been made subsequently . . .

There’s something universal about the story of Robin Hood and Sharpe that fits in well with human hopes, and thus with Christmas. It’s also a bitter-sweet experience as one of my friends, who I used to share a shop with, was the armourer on  couple of series and makes several appearances as a miscellaneous rifleman. Sadly, he is no longer with us, so it’s an additional lesson in the nature of mortality.

And that’s all for today. I am now going to consume a small meal of snacks – our Christmas tradition, but slightly watered down by my lack of appetite. I will then watch TV, complain about my health (Julia has not been granted a respite – just you)  and eat a large selection of pills. I’d prefer chocolate, but it seems pills are better for you.

Bah! 🙂