Sunday 24 April 2011

Viewpoint

It has been an unseasonably warm weekend and, when sheltered from the wind, it was positively hot. So this morning found me in the lee of a dune, laying on firm sand, arms and legs spread and basking naked in the sun.

I was enjoying that most perfect of views; a completely cloudless blue sky above me. I cleared my mind of thoughts and, for a while, everything was simple and everything was good.

Happy Easter to you x

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Travelling Days

Spring is here and I have been walking barefoot across the wet sand with the sun warming my back. I love those first days when I can enjoy fleeting evening sun and I feel as if I am waking up from a long winter slumber as I skim stones out into the waves and go back to brew coffee which I sit and drink out on my driftwood bench while I view the sea. I have cast aside my jacket and sit out in my t-shirt.

Last night was warm and I slept fitfully with vivid dreams about my traveling days. This was the time when I would paint during the day and, in the evening, sing for my supper - or a bed for the night. In my dream I remembered the long daytime walks, the friends I met and lips I kissed. My songs were the songs of leaving and so, when I stopped leaving, I also stopped writing. I can barely remember them but I sang a song in my dream and so this morning I pulled a small guitar from its blanket case and played and sang for the wind and the waves...