Tuesday 25 March 2008

Mud! Glorious Mud!

Posted by Violet Cream at precisely 11:35 am
It may be too early to say it but I do feel that my desire for food is lessening. I weighed myself today I have lost 10lbs since I started weighing myself. I am trying not to sound smug about it. After all it's my body, my mind and a little extra help that has done it. I am just a bystander.

I went for a walk yesterday, no surprise there. I decided to go on the longer trail. This involved walking past the weir into unknown territory. The path way was muddy- very muddy but as i had my walking boots on I sloshed through the mud with glee. It took me back to a wet school trip where we all went on a walk the day after heavy rain in our wellies. There is something great about mud under your feet when you know it wont get into your socks. Lots of people passed in each direction and we commented briefly on the mud before moving on.

On the way back it snowed. It looked like I'd be lost in a field at one point but I continued to walk where I thought the path was and my instincts were right. After passing a very boggy bit I realised that the path actually took me across railway lines. Surely It was wrong? But no there was a style onto the lines and a small sign which read "Stop, look and listen". Useful. It seemed like a metaphor for life. So moving quickly and carefully I crossed the lines. I must point out to people of a worrying constitution that the line was not electrocuted so I could pass in relative safety. It just felt so wrong. When I was a child my parents would joke. Go play on the motorway! Go play on the rail way lines! And here way I achieving it!

I returned home with legs caked in mud, sweaty and pink cheeked. I'm rather enjoying myself....

3 delightful comment/s:

Michael Donovan on 26/3/08 4:16 pm said...

I was born in '61.
And since that year
Have little done.

Michael Donovan on 26/3/08 5:29 pm said...

Did I ever take you in my arms
Look you in the eye, tell you that I do?
Did I ever open up my heart
Let you look inside?

If I never did it, I was only waiting
For a better moment that didn't come
There never could be a better moment
Than this one, this one

This swan is gliding above the ocean
A God is riding upon his back
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
Fade this one to black

Did I ever touch you on the cheek
Say that you were mine, thank you for the smile?
Did I ever knock upon your door
Try to get inside?

If I never did it, I was only waiting
For a better moment that didn't come
There never could be a better moment
Than this one, this one

This swan is gliding above the ocean
A God is riding upon his back
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
Fade this one to black

What opportunities did we allow to flow by
Feeling like the time it wasn't quite right
What kind of magic might have worked if we had stayed calm
Couldn’t I have given you a better life?

Did you ever take me in your arm
Look me in the eye, tell me that you do?
Did I ever open up my heart
Let you look inside?

If I never did it, I was only waiting
For a better moment that didn't come
There never could be a better moment
Than this one, this one

This swan is gliding above the ocean
A God is riding upon his back
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
Fade this one to black

This swan is gliding
A God is riding
How calm the water
How calm the water and bright the rainbow

Michael Donovan on 28/3/08 4:18 pm said...

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

 

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