…y. This broader view of the importance of health care is generating two welcome developments. First, care homes are coming to be seen as part of the overall health-care system and not just as long-term, entry-only storage facilities for old people. This had to happen at some point because of the increasing proportion of elderly people in every country’s population. Second, and at long last, there is mainstream and urgent reporting of the miserable… Continue reading →

…the big ‘uns are difficult to catch on a fly. Isaac Walton, author of the Compleat Angler (1653) published a recipe for baked trout; the first line reads “First, catch your trout.”  So, a free style, open air painting to match the catch. Step 1. Find place to inspire painting. Step 2. Prepare raw canvas with white acrylic. Arrange stones in sort of fishy form.  Step 3. Dribble paint of unlikely colours over stones. Blue wash above the fishy form…. Continue reading →

…irus affects people in different countries in different ways. Probably all come into play and will be the subject of PhD’s for years to come. Inevitably there are political implications. Sweden’s relaxed approach to social distancing seems to be causing quite the sensation; however, the Johns Hopkins stats show that the country has yet to reach its peak of daily cases. Keep your eye on this one. Sweden’s daily cases of COVID-19 to present. Source:… Continue reading →