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The Metamorphosis of a Shed
20191010 001050 4 minutes Country Life, DIY, Dreams, Reality, Metamorphasis When I saw the cabin I fell in love with it immediately. The landlord agreed that more space was needed. He also agreed I could do what I liked to achieve it. Initially I wanted a barn with a storage rooms upstairs. Then reality stepped in. The barn was fine But the foundation cost almost as much. Reality check: Back to the drawing board. Next it would be a one-storey barn, Move the shed and add extra storage. Reality check: Still too expensive. Back to the drawing board. How about [...]
Dragons to Slay
20191006 10049 2 minutes Dragons, Poetry, Musings, Success/Failure Dragons to slay! Dragons to slay! I’m in Dragon-slaying mode! The sort that lurk in the recesses of my mind, Ready to pounce on any unsuspecting thought, To strangle it before it has a chance to live, Throttle it before it morphs into a deed. How to creep up on such dragons is the question. Ambush them, before they can prevail. They think being invisible they’re not vulnerable. It’s obvious where they’ve been by what has failed. I see patterns emerging from the past. Discover them whenever I look back. Project what [...]
Voices in the Next Room
20191006 001048 9 minutes Child's WWII, 'Flu in 1942, Memories, Boarding School, Governess school, Dream. She was very sick. They moved her bed into Mummy’s and Daddy’s room, across the foot of the big bed where Mummy lay in the darkened room, too sick to do anything. Since the beginning of the war, when Nanny had joined the Red Cross, Mummy had been Brenda’s only contact with their previous life. Michael, her big brother, had been sent off to boarding school after his eighth birthday, but the school evacuated to the West of England, and now Daddy stayed up in [...]
Thank you, Dr. Q. . Dedicated to Quasar Choudhury, MD.
20191006 001047 2 minutes Medical, Memories, Pacemaker, Second Chance, Thank You, He grabbed me, Yelling and Screaming, And hauled me back From the trajectory of the bullet. It was just a regular check-up appointment. I felt fine. I had taken the dogs up the mountain in the morning. We were laughing about My wonderful blood-work report, Enjoying how well I was doing. Then he checked my vital signs. “You are not going home. You are going to the hospital. You need a pace-maker.” “No. I have dogs at home. I can’t go to the hospital. How about tomorrow? I’ll make [...]
Bird Song
20191002 001046 2-1/2 minutes Nature, Birdsong, Listening, Soundbites Living in the woods one hears lots of birds, but doesn’t necessarily see many of them. It occurred to me that I should try to find out which birds are so kindly serenading me . Checking out the library shelves I found two sets of tapes of bird songs. Wonderful, I thought. Now I can listen to them in the car and learn who are the owners of all those beautiful voices and songs. Right. Likely story. The first set of tapes teaches 85 different songs. So far I have had them [...]