Changes

[poliphilo]

Yesterday was such a lovely day I got the loungey chairs out of the shed and Ailz and I sat in our newly paved yard- under the shade of the holly bushes- and looked up at the very blue sky.  After a while she went back inside, and I dozed, with my book of crossword puzzles in my lap.

No planes flying, the economic system in meltdown, the catholic church wilting under attack, Russia and the USA agreeing to cut their nuclear arsenals, earthquakes, political ferment, Goldman Sachs getting sued for fraud- is this a freak in the time-flow- a brief cross-current- or are we living through a period of quite extraordinary change?

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I remember sitting eating my school lunch sometime during the 50's, waiting for the tidal wave that someone or other had said was going to obliterate civilisation. I had it all worked out- how I was going to rescue my best friend and we'd live happily ever after on a desert island

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I loved this!