Another week gone by already - tempus fugit as they say. The highlight of this forthcoming week was that, today, we had somewhere to go and something to do. Monday is the day that my 15 yo and I plus the dog go to town to pick up our weekly freegan box from a charity dedicated to saving perfectly edible food from landfill. They have been my lifeline during the lockdown - I find it difficult to queue at supermarkets and, even though I am in chronic pain, have mobility issues and an incurable degenerative spinal cord condition, I am not considered a “vulnerable” enough person to access any special “shopping hours” because I haven't made it onto the government’s list. Mind you - it’s not just me - scores of disabled folk have been similarly left off “the List”.
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