Hello Everyone!

A new week! Four weeks of disengaging and redefining has caused many exchanges in the way we work (or don't work) according to both our circumstances and then too our individuality in making life work. Some of it is acceptable to us, by all accounts, I mean some of it is really good and then, of course, some of it is not what we wanted at all. But we humans are resilient and supportive of the less resilient and we are evolving into something that enables us to handle things. I've had to cook more than ever in that I prepare all of my meals three times a day. not part of my routine at all. I have needed to reorganise very differently and that includes my schedule. And to engage with everyone here has meant a completely different approach too, to make certain I stay connected to a more distant association with friends, family and indeed for those who follow from very afar on other continents. Perhaps for some, less has changed in connecting with my work here in Britain but changes have affected 98% of us, I am sure.

Whereas the pundits declaring failures in this or that didn't take place at all as predicted (and now we will never know who was right or wrong), Britain's exit from the European Union was upstaged by the COVID-19 virus, but not with the prior predictions of Britain going down the tubes but with an unpredicted future on a global scale. We now share in the even more disastrous results on an unprecedented scale and we all carry the weight of many sad losses. Whether for or against the divorce of the UK from Europe, the reality is that some things have taken disagreement to transform our international efforts by uniting us as never before in a common cause. To fight the common goal head-on we see many competing companies of power putting on their work boots to get in the trenches. Instead of fighting with one another in issues, as in times past, we're still fighting, but with one another for that common cause that draws us closer in ways no one could ever envisage. Stepping away from politics and media clickbait, we find ourselves caring about the wellbeing of others, in many cases those we don't even know, and opening up our clogged arteries to feel after what we can do to improve the lot, safety and wellbeing of those close by, and then again those that might find themselves fighting in isolation because of many diversely different reasons.

This is more a Thank-You letter to everyone for your continued support and friendship. I send you all spring and spring flowers.

You have sent me so many kind texts and communiqués wishing me and everyone supporting the work who are all in self-isolation working from home. These are the ones that keep pressing the buttons to ensure we stay current. Mark finalised the year-end accounts ahead of time, Izzy and I are keeping up with your questions and Natalie and Will are edited up with several weeks of content. Joseph is set up in an office at his house in a recently built garage where he has his violin workshop that now shares space with a computer desk, office chair and a monitor for his laptop computer. It's nice. My granddaughter passes his window as she gardens with her momma. We all have our daily chats individually and digitally as needed and then also our weekly meeting where we conference together from our various geographical locations. To pretend everything is hunky-dory would be wrong. Everyone is raring for the divided condition to stop and get back being together, but we accept that safety is paramount and so feel it best to continue to isolate for the time being.

In my creative zone I have passed the prototype stages to conclude filming myself making the first four or five projects. Yup! A few retakes where the backs of my hands or an elbow blocked 98% of a special technique you really needed to see, but it is coming together. A hissy snake was really rewarding as was my granddaughter's sandbox. So as soon as the edits come from Natalie's genius manipulating the digital presentations to make me look good I will let you see them.

All in all, from what you've said and done and are aiming to do, the clampdown is not holding you down and a workbench project is probably the best anchor you can have. If you have any struggles with anything please let me know. Your struggles are mine that way and we can work through things together.