The Memory Wanderer: Solitude

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Solitude

Yesterday we spent a couple of hours wandering along this beach, which is a ten-minute drive from our house. In that time we saw two other people and four dogs, and managed to find two places where we could sit quietly and enjoy listening to the silence and the wash of the waves.

In this busy, crowded land we are very aware of our good fortune in having access to such solitude.

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Derryck MortonMarch 29, 2023 at 5:28 PM
What an amaizing cloudscape.
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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.