centre point occupied! (but it cannot hold)

yesterday horsemouth delivered the eggs and took down the recycling bin. horsemouth wandered back by the river dore and the abbey (and then later had a wander up on the common). it is less muddy than usual because the mud is semi-frozen.  he brought over the wood.

there's a howard golden glow as well from yesterday in  2016 playing tracks by mutual benefit, peter broderick, tokimonsta, FC KAHUNA, massive attack, emahoy tsegué-maryam guèbrou and more.

'centre point, harry hyams’s office block in london which has been empty since it was built 10 years ago, last night was occupied by about a hundred demonstrators...'

centrepoint was occupied  fifty years ago today  by protestors including folk songwriter/ d-day survivor, and chevalier of the légion d'honneur  jim radford. 

“we want to show that statements about the government having clamped down on property speculators are nonsense, this is not just a protest against this government, however, but society.”

fifty years later there is a homeless charity called centrepoint, a homeless charity called crisis, and yes there is still a homelessness crisis (and in fact it is getting worse). 

horsemouth has spent a considerable amount of time on trying to increase the amount of social housing offered by the communal endeavour but that he feels this period in his life is coming to an end.  there are other priorities now - getting the houses (and the flats in houses) insulated passed energy performance certificate (EPC) C standard, dealing with the new requirements from the social housing regulation act, and, finally, being ready for any nasty surprises. 

horsemouth thought he'd be getting some technology up and running - but no, it has been pushed the other side of saturday (which is probably just as well, he was beginning to get anxious). horsemouth is a big fan of slowly but surely, of softly softly. he's writing a lot less down in his diary because he's not trapped without technology while working nor is he on buses and trains. and this affects the quality of his blitherings here.  he's finding it difficult to read during the day, he usually only manages to read last thing at night.