Have you been listening to the Book of the Week - In My Mind's Eye by Jan Morris? She calls it 'memorisation'. I love Jan Morris's book on Wales - The Matter of Wales (I think), but had not realised she had written 40 books about her life and travels. I must explore her other books, though as you may have gathered I am not too interested in books about travel.
What struck me was the word memorialising, this is what we do on our blogs, as Morris has done in her book, we allow past memories to glide through on a whim, a blog becomes a diary, a capturing of memories.
This weekend my daughter, two grandchildren and Teddy the Whippet come down. It will be the first time Teddy has been here with my two bantams. As anyone knows greyhounds and whippets chase anything that moves, so the bantams along with Phoebe the hen will be penned. Lady Jane is still broody, I pick her up unceremoniously each morning and put her down in the garden, when she eventually shakes herself down and gets something to eat, my other little bantam Fey is totally friendly, chuntering away to me as she goes about her business, the only one who produces eggs at the moment though.
Jo has put out the first of the apples in the village, Worcesters, their sharp red and green like the apples children crayon in. The weather is also drawing in, black clouds from the West, and I shall have to collect the entourage from the station at Malton. Have I ever mentioned that I have become insecure about driving? I worry, all to no avail, everyone says I drive as I always did when I chaffeured my children around Bath, but there is always that nagging worry at the back of my mind, bit like that little black furry creature on the advert on television!
So for the moment that are my thoughts for the day ;) Blessings on everyone who reads it...
Yes, it is a lovely way of remembering events and places visited and fun had, sometimes sadness too.
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Have a good time with the family and I hope that Teddy is well-behaved (though having had Whippets I am sure he will have to have a hurtle when he arrives!)
Sorry you are insecure about driving now. I think the slower pace of countryside driving lulls you into being relaxed, and then when you get out onto busier roads again, it comes as a shock. I have never enjoyed motorway driving, but make myself keep doing it or else I know I will lose my nerve.
I think Jennie I will never drive on a motorway again, too scary. Teddy is scared stiff of Lucy, she growls at him and silently bullies him by just staring, so he becomes a nervous wreck;) The girls have all settled in, Karen just comes down for the break and doesn't want to do anything.
DeleteNear me there are refresher courses for older drivers. They even get you a small discount on insurance. I plan to take one.
ReplyDeleteHi, that is a good idea, though my driving skills are not too bad. Trouble with Yorkshire is it is tourist country and if pony and traps are going by, there will be motorbikes, coaches and caravans to negotiate as well, and a lot of fast expsenive BMWs that brm,brm behind you!
DeleteThelma I can't tell you what a comfort it was to read your comment on driving. Sometimes I have feelings just like that; not just about driing but about many aspects of my life. It is very disconcerting and it is something I am trying hard to learn how to ccope with.
ReplyDeleteI think it is something to do with ageing Pat. For instance, though I have been shy most of my life, always had confidence, but that has slipped away and I question everything. Projecting ones fears into the future is not a good thing though!
DeleteI believe I have recommended Jan Morris's Conundrum to you before but I will recommend it again in case you never got round to reading it. It is a slim volume. It is the story of her life and her change from male to female. It is written very matter of factly, all taken in her stride and without making a fuss about anything from her days at school, as a boy, to marriage, fatherhood and beyond. It is very enlightening about gender change by one who lived through it and all who came out the other side with her.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that Rachel, should make interesting reading, because I know little of gender change, and no you have not recommended the book before by the way but I will get it.
ReplyDeleteSorry, it must have been to Weaver then. I know she is a fan of Jan Morris too. Incidentally Morris's book on Venice is one of the best and a favourite of mine that I re-read and dip into from time to time.
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