You get the picture?
I took this shot in Wales this Summer thinking it was funny. I had no idea that a rusty old sign on a little mountain railway track would sum up a week in December.
A bicycle going at speed crossed paths with me a few days ago and I came off the worst. No broken bones, thankfully. But I have bruises that look like new islands on an atlas page and a headache that makes me weep in my worst moments. I have yet to find out if my violin has come through unscathed. I can't play it to fully find out.
So, I have been "elsewhere" in a fog of shock and fury, lulled by the radio. Sleep has been my friend and I've spent most of my wakeful hours watching the comings and goings of the birds in the garden.
But things are looking up. Yesterday, I had a slow limping walk in the sun and managed to scrawl a few angry words in my notebook about tarmac and Lycra and go faster lines. Today, I have kinder thoughts in my head and can type a bit. A new poem is in the making, I think.
It's great to hear I've won a giveaway from Fiona's blog. It's a set of little notebooks that will be in my pocket on my walks and meanderings. Thanks again, Fiona.
And thanks to everyone who has sent me good wishes. I'll be out and about again soon.
13 comments:
You're right, that is a funny picture but not the rest of the picture behind the post. I hope you heal up fast. That must have been a shock. You know the old saying though "you shoulda seen the other guy" How did the bicyclist fare on the crash?
i do hope that the third party, your violin, turns out unharmed.
Best to you,
xoxo
Kim
Hi Kim. Thanks for your kind wishes. Yes, it was certainly a shock. I was having such a good week before it happened. I suspect we both hurt in odd places, but it was me who struggled to get up off the road and who needed the medics. I have a solo gig in a couple of weeks time, so I'm hoping my hands are better soon. In the meantime, I'll have to take the violin for a health check when I can get about a bit more. Ax
Oh, UGH!! man life can come at us fast and change our reality in a blink of an eye!!! yours sounds painful right now both physically and creatively - so sorry! - so hope for healing for you - sleep is good and fury is not bad either - something very good will come of this xo
Hi Jeane. Thank you. What I would give to turn back time and change that afternoon so that I didn't collide with such a shock! Small improvements feel like great advances in my limping life at the moment, so I'm happy to collect them up and hope to be able to tell the difference in another couple of days. That poem is brewing nicely!!
I've been offline for a while and come back to find you've come across a cyclopath! Did you have to take the violin to A&E?
Seriously, hope you get back to normal asap - need some normality around the cyberspace.
Horrid thing to happen, trouble is there are always a few lingering after shocks as well. Hope all is well with the violin, and eventually with you.
Hi Gordon. That's very funny!! Thanks for making me laugh. I might try a violin tune in a little while, hoping I might have got my fiddler's elbow back. The violin will have a session on the workshop bench in a couple of days.
Normal?? Are you sure you mean me??!!
Hi Penny. Thanks so much. I so wish it hadn't happened, however, I'm coming out of the fog and feel like I might be able to walk a bit better today. Phew, I'm so relieved. Thanks again.
Oh Annie, so sorry to hear that you've been damaged in a collision..."cyclopath"! I am laughing too! Amazing how our path can be changed by mischance. Hope the healing continues and the violin gets a positive bill of health. Let that poem develop as you watch the birds....
Hi Maggie. That word kept making me laugh all day yesterday! Accidents happen all the time and I've been very lucky. Lots of small improvements each day and no setbacks, although I do have my down moments when the whole scenario runs through me again. I'm taking the view that less=more and that napping should be part of each day. Thanks for your good wishes.
Annie, I'm so sorry to hear about your accident. Awful. Life provides some strange intersections. I know you are still in pain, but sometimes when we are forced to slow way down, that different perspective opens up the world in a new way. Feel better ... and happy holidays!
Hi Christine. Thanks for your kind wishes. I'm on the mend, but very slowly. Everything seems to have slowed to an odd pace these days. It will be a real event when I can read and not fall asleep over the pages!! I'm taking the view that at least I get to miss some of the pre Christmas push and shove. Thanks again.
Very interestin blog! and this photo is bit funny ;) Ouch!
Hi Cassie. Thanks for dropping by and for adding a comment. Pleased you liked the photo!
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