I was watching the Inaugural Address that President Trump was giving and the doorbell rang. I do normally ignore it although do glance out just in case it is the water main people or something like that but it was a young woman at my door wearing a backpack. Did she have the wrong house? fortunately she followed the rule of politeness and did not ring twice as I was listening to the TV. I wanted to hear what the President was saying. I also listen quite a bit to Question Period and our Prime Minister when he speaks but the Inauguration of an American President is very very important. As the leader of the Free World and the longest lasting democracy in the world, it is good to listen to what he has to say. I feel that his being part of the negotiations for this ceasefire in Israel/Gaza was very significant. He had already played a huge role with his son in law in the Abraham Accord in his first term. Peace in the Middle East would be so wonderful. But most importantly all of these Hostages desperately need to come home and out of the damp tunnels in Gaza. NO sunlight is so bad for people day after day. How sad to watch that young woman cry in her mother's arms when she finally reached her. It was so beautiful and so tragic - 1.5 years of her life stolen from her and all she did was go to a Music Festival (I think although she could be in one of the farms working). But the pain and joy for that family having to comfort their daughter like a child lost and hurt was so sad to watch. God be with them all. President Trump will do everything that he can to make this happen; freedom for the rest of the hostages many of them Americans. For some, sadly, it will be to have a proper burial at last (a whole year and a half later) for their loved one which is so sad as they are so young. How cruel and satanistic Hamas is.
What a beautiful day for America - their Inauguration Day. Every four years it is a splendour to watch. Thank you for letting the world in to watch it; well I guess I watched it on CNN actually.
Finished up reading through the Calendar of Patent Rolls and collecting the ones pertinent to the Andover area which does include a number of counties since my interest is also in the Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Gloucestershire areas where family lore exists in some cases with regard to the Blake family of Calne.
I think today it is into the wills (in between cleaning the top two floors of this little house). I think the smallness and its limited exposure during this very cold spell is a bonus really. I just have the north exposure on the front and the south exposure on the back which is excellent if it is sunny as the heat really doesn't come on too much then, the side exposures are quite limited. Although I think it came on every hour last night probably. Sunrise now and it is another clear day I think. Last night the stars were beautiful but taking out the telescope at minus 20 and more isn't going to happen for sure. Still minus 21 degrees celsius at 7:30 a.m with a high of minus 12 degrees celsius.
The wills that are significant to Andover in the Berkshire area I think I will review online once again through the day. I will perhaps make sure that I have found everything that I have in the Wargrave area of Berkshire looking through some old material that I collected through the years. It is the same names moving about in this area but when you are dealing with Richard la Blake and Robert le Blake and John le Blake they were common forenames used in these times.
Teatime and solitaire puzzles and then yoga and breakfast. The day begins.
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