Snowstorm - end of pandemic

Yesterday evening we were shaken by the news that some unknown person had shot several people in a church in Hamburg and seriously wounded 8 people.

This morning more details were given and it shocked us. Among the 8 people killed was an unborn baby of 7 months. The mother survived.
Oh my. I have lost a baby during pregnancy and one 2 days after birth, but not due to the evil of another person.
How can that mother live on?

When I came downstairs this morning it was 16.5 degrees.
I'm starting to get used to these low temperatures in the house.
Well, in a way. I keep sneezing, coughing and my head feels like wet cardboard.

Son1 didn't visit. His leg was hurting too much.
Two years ago a car hit him when he was bicycling in Belgium. The driver didn't stop. My son was lucky to be found at all. And to be found by a nurse who realized it was best to send him to a hospital where they were speaking Dutch, and not French. She called an ambulance and instructed the crew.
He had surgery as he had multiple fractures in his ankle, leg and foot. He got a steel rod in his leg and was told he would never walk in a normal way.
He managed to walk rather well, but walking on slipery roads takes its toll. Pain.

So he skipped the visit.

Wise decision, as we got a full blown snowstorm.
I have taken some photos and a video, but only at a quieter time.
The storm hit our front door very well, and as it was freezing I couldn't open the door.

We didn't have much snow this winter, so s few seconds of video as a memory:

It snowed until late in the evening, but it melted soon. When it started to get below zero in the evening it went all to ice. Son3 was on the road for his job... so I asked him to let me know when he would be save at home.
He did. What a relief!

The pandemic is over. All rules are thrown in the bin and another chapter of history is closed.
Pity they are not taking into account that some people are vulnerable and others should still be aware that their lives are in danger, regardless of the less severe omicron variant.

Our minister of health is a doctor who enjoyed being in the news every single day.
I think they thought he would be able to manage a whole country... 
He can't!!

This evening the largest party for writers takes place.
There is a lot about it in the media, especially now many writers feel they can't write everything they want to write.
Part of it is due to the political situation of other countries stretching their violent arms and hands into our country, but also because there are so many people around who are on a kind of witch hunt to silence every voice that won't speak their words and sentences. They threaten even the young children of some writers!! Can you believe it?
I wouldn't if I hadn't experienced it myself.
Which has never stopped me.

Years ago I was invited to go to the event.
I had no money to go there as the train was already expensive.
I didn't care then. Too many people there who wanted to have their face on camera.
Now I would be less shy....

Well...I'll probably won't see that camera at all.
Can't see much at the moment, so sorry for the typos.

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About **Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."