The Memory Wanderer: Calm Waters

Friday, November 27, 2020

Calm Waters

Calm waters across Loch Fleet yesterday with a mass of widgeon feeding, the calm....

....extending out beyond the entrance to the loch, a deceptive calm as the outgoing current was very strong through the narrows, only the seals being able to swim against it.

An unhurried day, a day for standing on the water's edge, the sun low but warm, or sitting....

....at the top of the beach to watch the sand bars emerge and become steadily populated with sea birds.

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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.