Three more hostages released and thank God for them being alive. Hamas should all be rounded up and put into an underground prison for at least a year and a half with no daylight. They should be fed rations; they do not deserve that good treatment as we would not threaten their lives constantly. They are satanic people who do not deserve to live amongst normal people for sure. We still do not know the fate of those two little ones. Their father was released yesterday. What barbarism to take tiny infants hostage and keep them underground and if they have not survived then Hamas is responsible for their deaths. How disgusting. 183 Palestinians released so each hostage was worth 61 people - interesting.
The Church Service today was absolutely perfect. The hymns many of my favourites. It was like being back in the Church of my youth at a Mattins Service. Thank you to the priest for such a wonderful service. Interestingly the candlesticks on the altar all bore coats of arms probably given centuries ago by families of the village.
It rather caught my eye as that was how one distinguished one's family in olden times. Both the Blake and the Pincombe/Pinkham family do have a coat of arms that was used (there are actually many for Blake) at least in the1400s. The Calne Blake family definitely used it and I found it quite interesting that in the Hampshire Visitations the coat of arms was penciled in and not printed. Descendants of that line did use it after they moved into the London area and there it was printed in the Visitations. Interesting really and does continue to make me wonder if I am correct in believing that any connection between the Blake family of Andover and that of the Blake family of Calne was solely in the female line. That isn't to say the crest didn't still belong in the line as at marriage the crests were combined. So interesting and I am looking forward to working on those documents tomorrow.
Yoga finished. My run finished and it is lunch time.
The TV is all about the tariffs and what will happen next. I look forward to our finding new markets both inside the country and outside. We liked trading with our dear neighbours/relatives/friends in the United States but if that can't work out then we have to make changes. But especially I would like to see us once again produce our own shoes (there was a marvelous shoe factory in my home city and we built all sorts of home equipment which is all imported now from the United States). We always imported vegetables from the United States from the time of the end of the crop year until late spring the next year but we also store vegetables and they are good too. Actually the mineral and vitamin value increases in storage - something to think about! Alcohol - well I seldom drink anything so not really a big deal for me. Plus we have lots of domestic alcohol and we import from all around the world. But the LCBO is the largest importer of alcohol in the world apparently so I think that might be missed since we are not going to pay a tariff on something that medicinally speaking is not actually good for you (perhaps in very little quantities there is a medicinal value - my father used to partake of a small glass of cherry brandy most evenings). However that isn't enough to have alcohol qualify as of any value other than entertainment. I do miss our excellent shoe makers though and perhaps some people will take that up and recreate that industry here. There is nothing like a good pair of shoes. I still have the last pair that I bought for work in the 1990s ($125 at the time which was expensive for sure) but good Canadian leather and leather soles. I did have them heeled again maybe fifteen years ago so they are like new and I bring them out sometimes. But they are a dress shoe and I generally wear a flat shoe around the house. That would be exciting to have shoes made here again. So I know this will be hard for people but if it can incentivize industries that we lost during NAFTA to reappear it is worth the strain!
Lunch and then some work.
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