Roast chicken, crispy roast potatoes, gem squash, peas and carrots. Thick gravy made with dripping and bisto. Followed by apple pie from the Warings bakery in Pinetown, with its sprinkling of castor sugar on the top and crispy shortcrust pastry, finished off with a dollop of cream. And a tot of red wine. My favourite comfort meal from childhood. (Yes, we were allowed wine with dinner once we'd made our First Communions, aged 6- what were they thinking?)
Today's challenge is to record your favourite comfort foods. I hope you enjoy it. ... See more

My husband's Ouma used to tell us about her mother, captured in a British concentration camp during the Boer war. A measles epidemic swept through the camp. Every morning the guards came and removed the sick and took them to a hospital.
Ouma's mother knew there was no chance of surviving once you were in the hospital tent. Her three year old son caught the measles. They had to hide him from the guards, but in a tent on the veld it was almost impossible.
She had a singer sewing machine with a wooden lid. When the guards came they hid him under the lid, and he was so emaciated he could fit inside it. He survived both the measles and the camp.
Today's prompt is to ask a member of the older generation to tell you stories like this that members of their family experienced. And don't forget the normal stuff like statistics, etc. ... See more

How did you find yourself in the place you live now? Tell the person reading this in 2063 about your journey.
And don't forget to add anything else you want to record, like statistics, emotions, what you did today, etc. ... See more

Prompt 1: Tell any future readership about yourself. Don't forget to add in your usual stuff, if you're including it - case statistics, significant events, how you're feeling emotionally (and physically) and details of what you did today. You can put in anything you like. ... See more

Journal Prompts Day 1
#Covid19Journal

This is such good advice.

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