The Memory Wanderer: Excitement!

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Excitement!

We spend a good proportion of every day outside, either in the garden or on a walk in the local countryside. At this time of year we would expect to be seeing butterflies but, with the weather continuing cold and the number of butterflies in serious decline, we haven't seen one in ten days.

So I hope you will understand my excitement at seeing a green-veined white in the garden this morning

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Derryck MortonJune 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
You sneaked up on him when he couldn't see you!
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The Memory Wanderer

I'm at the wrong end of the road, a short distance to look forward to and a long way travelled, so I spend more time looking back, enjoying the memories, and less time in anticipation of the way ahead. The road trodden has been a good one, a rich and winding one, over which I hold no regrets. There is much still to do - only the end of the track ahead intimidates.

Time is mine now, so I remember, sometimes deliberately, sitting in the warm sunshine, sometimes because my mind, as if keen to help, suddenly gives me a flash of memory, a vivid picture which, like an exploding rocket, illuminates a moment in life; and then fades.

I have seen its dark side but, in general, the world has been kind to me. I have few regrets, I have many blessings, so these thoughts are offered as a celebration of a fortunate life.