A Funny Sort of New Years...
We didn't do a lot last night, still recovering from being away, being a bit ill..... We watched a bit of tv, tidied up some, went to bed about ten to twelve.
good_laugh phoned us just after midnight and I had a few text messages (AHB rained off in Edinburgh! Shame! I did wonder where you were babe, and I wondered if you might get rained off.) but we put the light out about 0030. I started to cough however, and had to get up again about a quarter past one to get a drink, an extra pillow to prop myself on and some cough medicine. I did not sleep that well and feel pretty tired and rough today.
We went for coffee and cake at number 20 at lunchtime and then came home and had dinner. I cooked the chicken and water chestnut patties I was looking for the recipe for. They were very nice. This afternoon we've mainly been reading, went for a walk this evening.
Dave bought me U2 by U2 for Christmas (we found it remaindered in a random store for cheap) and I've been in full information drinking mode in the last two days. How interesting I am finding this! It's a physically huge book which is quite unwieldy to read but I'm enjoying reading it. I'm fascinated by people and how they become what we know or think them to be and in some ways I'm kinda glad to see that they are just exactly who they say they are. I listened to a lot of U2 when I was in my angsty/breakdown phase (Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum) and reading about how those things came to exist brings even more resonance to music that I love. I don't know how to explain it really - just understanding origins and roots and motivations for things, even (and especially) songs makes new things come up in them. I lost them a bit with Achtung Baby and the Zoo stuff but when I'm done reading I think I'll give them another try. I'm also really hearing the spiritual journey that they are on - Bono in particular but more/all of them as well. I'm really moved by that - it's just there, real and true and part of the story that they are telling because it simply is part of them and was part of them from the beginning. I find that heartening and ...oh joy.....they vocalise that dicotomy I often feel I'm in and that makes me feel so much better. That whole thing about hearing someone echo what you've had in your hear, or give it form in words that is very releasing. I don't care who does it, but to hear it from people you admire is very humbling.
This seems like a strange kind of entry for a New Years day, but it's where I am. There are other recent events that I would like to comment on but I'm still formulating thoughts and clear words.
good_laugh phoned us just after midnight and I had a few text messages (AHB rained off in Edinburgh! Shame! I did wonder where you were babe, and I wondered if you might get rained off.) but we put the light out about 0030. I started to cough however, and had to get up again about a quarter past one to get a drink, an extra pillow to prop myself on and some cough medicine. I did not sleep that well and feel pretty tired and rough today.
We went for coffee and cake at number 20 at lunchtime and then came home and had dinner. I cooked the chicken and water chestnut patties I was looking for the recipe for. They were very nice. This afternoon we've mainly been reading, went for a walk this evening.
Dave bought me U2 by U2 for Christmas (we found it remaindered in a random store for cheap) and I've been in full information drinking mode in the last two days. How interesting I am finding this! It's a physically huge book which is quite unwieldy to read but I'm enjoying reading it. I'm fascinated by people and how they become what we know or think them to be and in some ways I'm kinda glad to see that they are just exactly who they say they are. I listened to a lot of U2 when I was in my angsty/breakdown phase (Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum) and reading about how those things came to exist brings even more resonance to music that I love. I don't know how to explain it really - just understanding origins and roots and motivations for things, even (and especially) songs makes new things come up in them. I lost them a bit with Achtung Baby and the Zoo stuff but when I'm done reading I think I'll give them another try. I'm also really hearing the spiritual journey that they are on - Bono in particular but more/all of them as well. I'm really moved by that - it's just there, real and true and part of the story that they are telling because it simply is part of them and was part of them from the beginning. I find that heartening and ...oh joy.....they vocalise that dicotomy I often feel I'm in and that makes me feel so much better. That whole thing about hearing someone echo what you've had in your hear, or give it form in words that is very releasing. I don't care who does it, but to hear it from people you admire is very humbling.
This seems like a strange kind of entry for a New Years day, but it's where I am. There are other recent events that I would like to comment on but I'm still formulating thoughts and clear words.