Carwash

Sometimes God comes to the help of your pocket as today when all the summer dust was washed of our car, free of charge, in a three hour downpour that swept in a torrent down our wee street. Glory be! And I say that in the wider sense of the nourishment that the earth in these parts needed so much after a very dry summer.

Talking of nourishment, it has been lovely to read your supportive comments on my 2,000th blip yesterday (5.47 years). We grow blasé sometimes but there is dedication in that feat and, through that, connection with so many wonderful people whether that be very frequent or now and again. It is always gratifying to know people are with you in some way or another . . . a daily, vital support or a watching brief or a sense of the guardian angel in the wings or whatever. And, also, that one's contributions enter into the great exchange of influence that benefits us all in this still worthy place.