Monday 6th February 2023

Woke around 0845. Aki got up and made tea...I stayed in bed and did a little reading. Eventually got up and breakfasted, before sitting at the computer for the remainder of the morning. Broke for lunch. Aki cooked up a tasty noodle soup with a poached egg in it. Worked through until 1830. Watched news of the devastating Turkish earthquake...people had no chance of escaping as it struck in the early hours of the morning. There are many dead. Lethal after shocks followed. DEC monitoring the situation, but have yet to set up an Appeal. Aki warmed up the mapo and rice for dinner. Watched an interesting documentary staking out Putin's slow burn war with The West. Sadly, the Europeans were unable to come up with a unified response to his 2014 invasion of Crimea, and so we are where we are! Bath and abed...