Do you ever have a moment, a short time, even a day, when you think, maybe life is not so bad after all?
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Author: snatches
Don’t wallow, don’t dread,
The cows are on the ice.
There’s a Swedish expression, ‘no cow on the ice’. Back in the old days, the cows of Scandinavia were allowed to roam outside all year round. Farmers would make a hole in the ice for them to drink. Sometimes a cow’s forelegs would fall through the thin ice and the farmer would have to pull them out by their tail. ‘No cow on the ice’ means, don’t stress, things are going to be ok.
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The blankets
When I was pondering what I would write about last week I was thinking about blankets. At the time I was walking with heavy steps along my street, fighting against a horrible sense of fatigue. Quite often, when I try to explain fatigue I talk about having a wet woollen blanket dropped over my head, my shoulders, my arms and legs.
Thankfully, I’m not going to dwell on that horrible image today.
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When the rhythm of your life changes,
Swans and icebergs
Do you ever realise when you walk past other people, or sit near them on the bus, that they are all hiding something?
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How do you feel when you think about next week, next month or next year? Apprehensive? Despairing? Resigned?
Continue reading “The best is yet to come”Living without applause
I caught some of the proms the other night. There was a glaring absence however. The diminished orchestra was there. The animated conductor was there. But the audience was not.
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