Armistice Day
Nov. 14th, 2020 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesA few days late, because on Armistice Day itself I was busy being a key worker in an office with too much work and not enough workers. I didn't go to the Remembrance Sunday at the village cenotaph, because it would have been selfish to do so this year. Covid has changed so many things.
Busy or not, the office paused for two minutes on Wednesday. We're within earshot of the signal maroon fired at the town hall so we always have a clear start and end. In between there is silence. Time to reflect; this year also on the work the armed services do in times of peace. We're not that far from one of the Nightingale hospitals, built in part with skilled labour provided by the military. It's a reminder that they're not just there to fight other humans.
Busy or not, the office paused for two minutes on Wednesday. We're within earshot of the signal maroon fired at the town hall so we always have a clear start and end. In between there is silence. Time to reflect; this year also on the work the armed services do in times of peace. We're not that far from one of the Nightingale hospitals, built in part with skilled labour provided by the military. It's a reminder that they're not just there to fight other humans.