Lockdown Diary - Monday 24th August 2020

Monday started with group meditation practice at 7:30 a.m. via Microsoft Teams (makes a change from Zoom, at least outside work) courtesy of Talking Therapies/NHS.

Excellent practice session book-ended with a poem by John O'Donohue, who was a new writer to me.

Yoga at 10 on top of the earlier meditation practice gives me the best possible start to the week, and hopefully the best chance of digging myself out of the mire. Just have to wait and see.

Mid-afternoon son #1 and his gf returned and thus, having the complement of sons in situ, we called my father-in-law to wish him a happy 90th birthday.  Each son spoke to him, as did I, as part of our plan to make the most of his day.

Evening-time - dinner under way with son #2 taking charge, with usual outcome: we all sat down and watched the penultimate episode of 'The Umbrella Academy' together.

Not up to saying much else.

Dennis Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) recorded a solo album 'Pacific Ocean Blue' which was released back in 1977. From it comes 'Cocktails'

{Addendum: Fooled by YT! 'Cocktails' is not from the original album 'Pacific Ocean Blue', but actually from the unreleased / unfinished album 'Bambu' (or at least that was the name of the project) which features on the second CD of the two CD set}

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