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Monday 6 July 2020

Are we nearly there.



  I received a newsletter from Real Food store in Exeter recently and this photo was shown above one of the articles.  I loved it as a beautiful photograph but then realised that it was also a metaphor for the Covid 19 pandemic.

I saw it as the path we have been travelling these past months - climbing slowly towards some sort of resolution of the problem.  Hemmed in by fencing on both sides and only one possible way to go there being no going back.  Step by step we have made our way  and an uphill sruggle it has been for so many of us but now maybe the end is in sight and I wonder what the view from the summit might be.  Will there be more hills that we can't yet see for us to climb? Or will there be a vista of green meadows filled with wild flowers, a cool clear river flowing through it and with birdsong accompanying the sound of the clean fresh water as it flows gently towards the sea or might it be a distopian scene with many people homeless and jobless searching for food amongst the empty buildings, shops shuttered and signs flapping in the cold wind. With diggers and machinery, the green meadow reduced to a building site with banging and drillling, shouting and crashing as another road or high speed railway takes shape and yet more homes that the jobless will not be able to afford are built on what might have been countryside?

I really hope that we might have learned something important on our way to the top of this hill and perhaps it might be possible to fashion a new normal which takes account of the planet and its people, somewhere the community spirit we have seen these past months might be part of the solution not yet more building more money making and less care for the Earth, and its people and the future.  That green meadow view is what is keeping me plodding onward and upward.

7 comments:

  1. It's interesting how a photo or image can generate thought. Yours, regarding the Covid crisis, are most apt. I, too, wonder where the world will be when this is over, whatever "over" might mean. I do hope humankind has learned something positive as we move forward.

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  2. I think we all hope that the world will somehow return to a better normal, maybe a normal of ages past, when people thought about each other and materialism wasnt so rife.

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  3. What a wonderful post. Thank you for sharing this, we share the same views I would like the same view to over the top of that hill not the dystopian version.

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  4. I hope when we crest that hill it will be the more cheerful of the choices you set out for us. it really does seem like the universe has had enough of our selfish and inconsiderate behaviour, both towards the planet and towards certain of our fellow humans. I hope this 'pause' has given us time to reflect and realise we need to mend our ways.

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  5. So good to see you're still posting! I miss the good old days of blogging but it's just Instagram for me now.
    I like to be optimistic about the future but this pandemic sometimes brings me down. Fingers crossed, we all stay safe.
    Take care, dear Jane. xxx

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  6. Dear "Marigold,"
    I was so sorry to hear of your husband's recent and sudden death. It must have been quite a shock to you. My sincerest sympathy to you and your family. And then to have your daughter go so far away shortly thereafter.
    I hope you're taking care of yourself and that you have dependable friends nearby. Maybe using up your fabric stash will help you. I know when I'm sewing it's the best distraction from whatever worries may be on my mind.
    The post came through and delivered the quilt to my niece in London without any unnecessary detours along the way and I hope your package to your daughter arrived safely.
    Best wishes and a hug to you and I hope it won't be too long before I see a new blog post from you.

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