11th December, 2022.
I have to admit: it’s Sunday.
Frankly?
It’s a cold Sunday.
Normally?
I’d be having a stroll around the block, at some point.
Just to try and keep trim, don’tcherknow!
Today … ?
I’m probably going to be walking, rapidly.
It’s not warm out.
~≈É≈~
That cold’s not helping the people of Jersey.
A block of flats exploded in Saint Helier, the capital, on Saturday.
And?
The news tells us no survivors have been found.
That’s sad: and my thoughts go to the families of those killed.
But? And for all there’s talk of that some could smell gas in the run up to the explosion?
I’m wondering what happened, what caused this.
I’d like to know.
And have reassurance it can’t happened on my street.
~≈É≈~
The mild irony? Is that, in amongst exploding flats and freezing weather?
Is that today is what the Catholic Church calls Gaudete Sunday*.
Apparently?
The word means ‘rejoice.’
Like I say: mild irony …
~≈É≈~
