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A Cold Day for Thinking

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Tree, Fountain, Leisure Centre – Sneinton market

I’m having trouble thinking and writing at the same time. This isn’t always a problem, as I have proved time and time again that I can write without thinking. However, it’s cold, I’m listening to music and I’m in a rush to get a lot of stuff written before I have to deliver another carful of junk to the new bungalow.

I don’t think well in the cold, and I don’t think well in the presence of music. I know lots of people find it helpful, but I’m not one of them. It’s just distracting noise. I’m also annoyed by the commentary. It’s a You Tube Video about forgotten bands of the 1960s. The Zombies, The Tremoloes, The Hollies, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces . . .

Christmas Bazaar

I’m not convinced they’ve been forgotten, and I keep having to stop writing to moan at the presenter. They can’t, of course, hear me, but it makes me feel better. I’m going to have to switch it off in a minute as i need to get some work done. I’m going to be offline for a few days and if I wait until I’m back I will have missed a deadline. Yes, I know it’s only poetry, but it’s one I don’t want to miss. I don’t want to send anything that’s not good enough either, so I’m going to review what I have available (rejection is just the start of a new submission, after all) and see if there is anything worth sending. I have at least one ready but I’m not happy with the haiku.

Gingerbread Women

Julia has just come back from an unsuccessful trip round a craft fair  so we are going to have lunch now and, after I finish the submission, we are off for the weekend. We are having more stuff delivered tomorrow, then a new typing chair on Monday. I’ve gone heavy duty and comfortable, because I’m going to be spending a lot of time in it and I don’t want either deep vein thrombosis or a broken chair.

I’m feeling quite energetic today, which I attribute to eating proper meals again. It’s just a shame that I will have to report that lunch was a Festive Sausage Roll (it had cranberry sauce and stuffing in it) and three sushi portions Julia bought back from her shopping expedition. I suppose sushi is healthy . . .

Santa works his magic

Photos are from December 2015.

 

More Random Titles and Happiness

I took another look at the random generator and came up with: Is there anything you regret?

The answer, of course, is “yes”.

I think I’ll leave it at that as going further into an answer is like opening a big bag of misery and reaching in right up to the elbows. Yes, I regret a lack of confidence, parenting skills, education and skill at saving. But all the wallowing in the world won’t change it, so on to the next question.

Those of you who are able to put up with bad language might like to read a bit of Larkin on the subject.

Write about how you drive (or why you don’t).

I drive less well than I did when I was in my 40s. However, I make up for that loss of quality with the increasing volume of advice I dispense to other drivers.

Write about an experience that made you very happy.

Starting on WordPress made me happy. It was a bit of a trial at first, and still can be on some days, but overall, I’m happy when I’m typing and thinking of all the interesting people out there.

I was also happy when I found the random subject generator. I was having a tough morning thinking and it has eased the burden of thinking quite nicely.

Who from your past do you wish were still around?

Actually, shelve what I just said about it making me happy. You can’t live your life looking back and thinking about what might have been.

There are dozens of family members that I’d like to have around, but I’d want them back in healthy and happy times, not how they were when they died. And that sounds a bit like the plot for a horrible sci-fi plot.

I’m not sure whether to go for another random title or not.

Write about your feet.

Yes, time to call it a day. My feet have done sterling service over the years but this is one subject too many…