1. Darkness engulfed when I was woken by a loud bang followed by a violent shaking of the bed. Three thirty in the morning, what on earth was going on. Was the boiler going to explode or was it indeed an earthquake. No more sleep came, just waiting, waiting to see what would happen next. Morning dawned and all was calm, no sign of shaking or shuddering and the bed was still in place.
2. An earthquake, goodness an earthquake 4.2 on the richter scale. The epicentre was on the Albanian border not that many miles away. I thought of Haiti and the devastation, and wondered if there was any damage here.
3. The days pass quietly now (how do I get the italics off). I train some every day whether the inclination is there or not. I have not arrived at running yet, still afraid of mutterings in the back.
4. The history lesson in the supermarket was amusing. DJ who speaks good English was introduced when I was making chicken noises in my attempts to buy some chicken breasts.(At least it gave all a good laugh). He has befriended K and K. All my enquiries were around bus stops and buses into town. He offered to take me and could not understand independence. We are all dependent on one another. The history lesson began with King Nicholas signing the treaty and betraying all the thousands of Montenegrians who were killed.The Montes are definitely a fierce lot with the mountains as their aids. They threw rocks at all invaders.
5. Alone is Berlin is proving to be a gripping read. The treatment of non party members comes out strongly, as does the spying and snooping on others. It was a welcome relief to read that there were Germans, unafraid, who stood out against the Hitler regime.
6. Kaaren works every evening, so I read, but there is only so much reading one can do in a day. Being used to activity, restlessness creeps in, so bed at 10 is the only option.
7. Warmth for the cold person. Where would you like to go? Morocco?
The shaken
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1 Heh, an earthquake. A first, a palpable first. I've never been close to a quaking earth, nor, I suppose, have you (that is, before now). What can a person do save get up, look out the window, make a cup of tea, and go back to bed.
2 Ah, Berlin in the those wretched times. There were some Germans who were both afraid and resistant. To be afraid and yet to do what is right strikes me as the heroic combination. Remember the obituary of Miles Giep?
3 Independence? Remember the concept of the self-made man or woman is a contradiction in terms. Of course we are each reliant on others, even when we are being independent. The risk-taker, for instance, may be in company with other people whose lives or livelihoods are at risk but who were never asked whether they consented.
5 A SSAFA day with Howard Brown, the prospective new caseworker. He is likely to attend a Caseworker's course in April, by which time he will have seen and heard much that will have been new. In his 80s, he has a sense of humour, even if he attends at times more to the trees than the forest.
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