In which I have a bone to pick with Ralph McTell

Bev, my cleaner, came back today after her hip replacement. I was very pleased to see her but am also just as uncomfortable when she's here. Someone else cleaning my mess? It's unthinkable! But not totally.

So I did some weeding while she was here, and, for some reason, began singing Streets of London to myself. "So how can you tell me you're lonely, and say for you that the sun don't shine, let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London, I'll show you something to make you change your mind."

And I thought, "Just a minute."

There's always going to be someone worse off than me/you/girl in the song. That doesn't invalidate my/your/her feelings. Yes, of course the grief of a person who's lost a child is worse than that of a person who's lost an animal, but at the time, in the grief, it doesn't matter. Who am I to say that your pain is trivial anyway?

So, if I ever see Ralph McTell I shall tell him. (Obviously I wouldn't; I'd be too star struck.)

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Back to the -vert question. A couple of people expressed surprise that I would be an introvert, and I think that often happens. I wondered if ambivert would be more me, an ambivert being roughly equally extra and intro. So I took a test (!) and it concludes I am not just introverted but strongly introverted!

It doesn't make any difference to my life, it's just fun, but also interesting to see other people's opinions of me. I think it's because you read what I write not see me in action. I am very open and honest in my writing while mostly quiet in real life. Then again, though I get very nervous, I do enjoy the opportunity to speak to groups to share about either my writing or my Christian thoughts. Like most of us, a bit of mix.

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There were some interesting mushrooms growing in one of my tubs.

I think they are two different ones. I downloaded a fungi identifier app, which suggests that the first one may be scurfy twiglet, but judging by the result of the second one, it's a rubbish app.