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WHAT’S EATING THE WIND?: Iden was pretty windy last week wasn’t it? I’m hard-pressed to say anything nice to say about the wind. What is it for? I daresay that Meteorologists would find plenty of attributes, but all it seems to do is blow stuff from A TO B, and it’s always at it’s fiercest when we’ve just had a hairdo or a new hat. It takes off with our bin lids and branches of trees [whole trees if its feeling particularly spiteful] It blows plastic about, and tin cans, wakening us from our dreams. We hear gates banging [it loves to ‘muck about’ with anything untethered], but most of all, it evokes in us it’s same restless mood. For all its faults, there is something hyper and anxious about the wind. I worry about its constant howling. A cup of tea, some pain killers, or a little reassurance might just do it [or a visit to ‘GP Behind Closed Doors’] but soothing the wind is not easy. We just have to listen to its rage. ‘Is it the mortgage or the gas bill’ we wonder, ‘ has anyone gone off with the wife, has the neighbour cut down a prized Leylandii, or can it not support another child’ [well how do we know what occurs in windy city?] Whatever, the wind drives me crazy, I don’t know whether to hug it or give it a good talking to, I’m just glad when it ceases. I hope it’s gone somewhere to have a lie down, and maybe a Prozac!
BINGO AT THE BOWLS: IDEN Bowls Club is re-starting its Bingo on Friday 22nd February. All are welcome to the Bowls clubhouse. Doors open at 6.30pm, eyes down at 7pm. There will be a raffle and refreshments. It’s a fun evening.
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Hide AdIDEN AND DISTRICT NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: On the 22nd February, there is a lecture in Iden Village Hall which will interest many people, entitled ‘Rare Bumblebees of the Rye Area’, given by Morgan and Peter Greenhalf. Everyone is most welcome. Visitors pay £3 for lectures of very high standard.
THE QUIZ AT ‘THE BELL’: Next Wednesday [20th February, at 7.30pm], is the quiz at the Bell Pub, and a very good quiz it is too. Plenty of fun and a nudge for the brain cells! All are welcome from the Rye area.
PLAYTIME FOR THE LITTLE ONES: On Wednesday mornings [10.30am-12 midday], in the ‘Old Hall’, by the church, there is a play session for pre-school children, their parents and carers. Everyone is welcome for a sit down and tea, coffee and biscuits for the carers, and fun for the children.
A SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION: There is a Service of Holy Communion in Iden Parish Church, on Sunday , at 9.30am
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Hide AdBEANS AGAINST BREXIT: I did buy several tins of baked beans this week, a box of multivitamins and iron and I froze a big block of cheese. [a tiny bit of stockpiling. “Don’t be so daft”, my husband said, but I had visions of us Brits standing in queues for a cup of gruel, wearing fingerless gloves and long coats. He put my mind at rest [he steps in when my imagination takes over] He’s been through it all before with various wars, asking why he’s tripping over tins of tuna in the spare bedroom. The whole world seems in such a pickle. Countries which have been friends suddenly goad each other like a fight in the playground. Why such venom, when all our countries are so blessed with their own beauty and wonderful attributes? Brexit is like kids fighting over a rag doll. Sometimes the whole world needs a good spanked behind. Oh well, if nothing else I’ve got a bit of second- class protein put by. It will probably all come out in the wash please God!
CONTACT ME: If anyone has anything to add to the Village Voice, please ring Gill Griffin [telephone 01797 280311]