November
Yeah… I know… It’s been 3 weeks. I’ve been trying to write…honest!
‘Spose you think I just sit down at the computer, put my fingers on the keyboard and the words magically appear on the screen…
It’s not like that. Sometimes it comes easily. Sometimes I have something to say, and miracle of miracles, even know how to say it!
But not always. In fact, not often. And not in the past 3 weeks. I did try…I did start writing about the sudden heatwave …and what a relief it was in the airconditioned supermarket…and how spectacle wearers came to an abrupt stop as they left the store, because their lenses had fogged up in the heat and they couldn’t see where they were going…
I tried to write about the storms and heavy rain that finally brought relief from the heat and made the weeds flourish in my garden…
Pretty boring stuff.
I was going to tell how some cat peed on my umbrella that I’d left outside the door to dry…(No, I don’t think it was one of my cats - they wouldn’t do such a thing…would they?) I was going to weave a yarn about how I stood under the shower with my umbrella, trying to clean it, and the strange look I received from my neighbour when I hung the umbrella on the clothesline to dry - just as it started to rain again…
Then it all seemed so frivolous and small minded, juxtaposed against the plane crash in New York, the war in Afghanistan, the landslide in Algeria… so many world shattering events that I couldn’t find words to describe…
I wanted to write something uplifting and inspiring about living in these challenging times.
I haven’t found the words.
Of course, I could have written about the sumptuous afternoon tea party Relle treated us to at a posh hotel overlooking the Brisbane River…or the Symphony Concert we attended and how I have always loved Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto…
Or the visits our Toastmasters Club members made to two other Toastmasters Clubs and although it was enjoyable, I still like our club the best.
I could tell you about the garage sales I visited with my neighbour on Voting Day…or the Handcraft Morning our World Vision Club had last week…
Or about how Oscar has decided he doesn’t want to stay inside with me at night and prefers to sit on the roof…you do realise that Oscar is a cat - don’t you?
And about the time I’ve spent with my cute 3-year-old grandson Miles, who will have a little brother or sister in about 5 weeks time. It’s getting close now…
Which means Christmas is only 5 weeks away… and I still haven’t done my Christmas shopping - haven’t even started it!!!
What I really need to tell you is that I’ll have family staying with me for the next few weeks, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to update next. I think I’ll just take a few weeks off - I might find the right words by then.
I’ll keep trying.
