RRR London

I am quite liking Joel's numerical style, so, here we go.

1) Visited my wonderful friend who is staying in Jamaica , where her family comes from (we used to live together here in London). I was missing her a lot and the value of seeing her again far outweighed the cost of the ticket.
The illiteracy in Jamaica is chronic and it's only when I was there that I realised the true repercussions of that. Moving into her district are a large number wealthy foreigners who know not just how to read and write but also how to publicise their businesses to other foreigners, and have the money to get going.
Meanwhile, the regular young people in the village are not being given opportunities to work their way upwards anywhere. Fishing no longer provides the income it did, the huge hurricane that was here a couple of years ago completely decimated the coastline, and the NGO which declares that it puts all its money into the community earned millions of dollars that many locals say no one saw more than a reel of fishing line from.
So after chatting for a while, we thought a letter-writing service was needed. How held back are you if you cannot read or write? I take this skill so much for granted. You have barely any avenues for official complaint, and if you try to use them, your language will be a barrier that makes people judge you as 'less than' themselves.

2) Whilst ploughing jet fuel across the skies, I am also aware of the whole possibility of peak oil. In the countryside it is easier to sense changes in the weather, but in the city we are sheltered from changes. But, as it is, we are the ones who will be massively affected - lacking the skills to deal with the possible oil-less existence. So, MHLon is proudly growing a handful of carrots, spinach, onion, beetroot, lettuce, radish and rocket. I am hoping that at some point I'll become a green goddess and feed us entirely from the garden - it's a big enough space, but that maybe a long way off, especially as a large area has been reserved for playing football!

3) Had an amazing shabbat in the countryside, with Joel, Daniel and a bunch of other people... and a climb to the top of Leith Hill.
Oh. My. Days. as we used to say in Camden.
This image barely does it justice.







4) I have a tricycle. Oh yes. Queen of the Roads. The MiniMoisheMobile is here. Next stop, a Harley Trike. That runs on water of course.