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Blog post by Laura Stringer
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 31/12/2020
Lest We Forget – The Positives of the PandemicLaura Stringer Looking back at photos of Christmas 2019 feels like looking back at a bygone era…
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Blog post by Julia Shay
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 20/11/2020
Eynsham Lockdown 2 DiaryNovember 2020 I haven’t entered a contribution (other than photographic) to the Eynsham Lockdown blog before – kept hoping that it would…
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Blog post by Sarah Medina
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 27/10/2020
When? And so we waitAnd the clock ticksTime going backwardsAnd yetThe children grow olderAnd the old become frailerAnd we, weWring our handsAnd wonderWhen, whenWill this…
Blog post by Rick Taylor
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 20/10/2020
A Covid Cinquain Covid: is it over? Not yet, apparently— there are still major restrictions. Bother! Face masks must still be worn in shops and…
Blog post by Anon.
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 19/09/2020
When I put on a mask When I put on a mask,I put on two masks.The invisible mask hides(or attempts to)the constant pain and fatigue…
Blog post by Jane Spiro
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 11/09/2020
Withig ford: the ford by the willows The echo in the valley pads behind me, stopping when I do, urging on when I do. It…
Blog post by Sarah Medina
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 28/08/2020
Masks: a haiku Multiple masksfor granddaughters’ darling faces.Get thee away, Plague!
Blog post by John Daniel
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 28/08/2020
Back to normal People have stopped saying “Hi!” and “Hullo!” and “Lovely Day!” Strangers greeting each other, leisurely walking or pedalling on bikes during lock-down….
Blog post by Jane Spiro
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 18/06/2020
Flight home A nest not to confine and tie but a branch from which to fly I wrote at 17, imagining what home might be…
Blog post by Lucy Badger
Eynsham Lockdown Editor 16/05/2020
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity …. even in lockdown ‘Twas the eleventh of March I was last shorn Hair dyed too on that early…