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Tales From The Crypt - Thursday 18th August 2022

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The first full day of E being at home, with five carer visits beginning with K just before 7 a.m.  After the cleaner arrived I went for a 30-minute brisk walk before getting stuck in to work.  Work is very busy, but it has to fit around the carer visits, just in case they have questions or anything arises. The conflict between these two priorities does cause additional stress.  Oh dear, never mind. On a different subject (not shrubbery), this week's poem is 'Ozymandias' (if I recall correctly also the name of the main character Tarot 's owl in the kid's TV series 'Ace of Wands' way back when (I should choose the theme song one of these days) (Wasn't children's TV way more psychedelic, freaky and weird back in the 1970s? Super cool!)) by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This is such a well-known poem that I'm wondering if I need to change the poetry collection I'm reading.  Not that I have anything against it, as it does have some great lines, but ultima...