I went to a funeral on Tuesday and I haven't really felt like blogging since then.
It was a friend that died too young.
What is to say apart from yet again it makes me think of my personal spiritual journey.
My friends daughter spoke at the funeral and she talked about her father and it made me wish I had known him better......HE WAS A STAR BAR.......and in our family that is the highest accolade!
"May you live all the days of your life" Jonathan Swift.
On the day of my friends funeral I put this on my Facebook for him.
And yes he did 'live all the days of HIS life'
I am awake early AGAIN with another cold and I am fed up already and this is only my 2nd cold!
Two years ago I had a bug of some sort all the way through from September to March and then I promised if it happened again I was going to spend the winter in Fuerteventura!
And Cardiff University has a Common Cold Centre!!!
All I can say is GET ON WITH THE RESEARCH AND FIND A BL**DY CURE!
And no the vitamin C in not working.
Whenever I am poorly,and no I am not wallowing, the words from the following song come into my head.I realise The Verve weren't talking about my rant against Cold Cure or my lack of pain control for Fibromyalgia,but not everything in this life has to be literal.
The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve)
All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my lord
Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown
This time I'm coming 'round
And I hope you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don't work they just make you worse
But i know i'll see your face again
Now the drugs don't work they just make you worse
But i know i'll see your face again
But i know i'm on a losing streak
As i pass down by your street
And if you want a show
Then just let me know
And i'll sing in your ear again
Now the drugs don't work they just make you worse
But i know i'll see your face again
Cause maybeIf heaven falls
I'm coming to
Just like you said
If you leave my life
I'm better off dead
All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown
This time i'm coming 'round
Now the drugs don't work they just make you worse
But i know i'll see your face again
Cause maybeIf heaven falls
I'm coming toJust like you said
If you leave my lifeI'm better off dead
But if you want a show
Then just let me know
And i'll sing in your ear again
Now the drugs don't work they just make you worse
But i know i'll see your face again
I know i'll see your face againNever coming down
No more (repeat to fade end)
BOOKS........You know me,I am addicted.
And yes I do read them all!
Well apart from Mansefield Park and I am still trying on that one!
Perhaps I should have a Sponsored Read and if I complete the book in a certain time them the monies raised go to Beauty's school.
Now that would definitely work!
Anyway,back to my books.
These are my brand new purchases for my new CAMILLA course.
I cannot wait.
These books I bought 2nd hand online and one of the companies I will never buy from again.The 2 books cost pretty much the same but the one on the right was an unwanted gift in pristine condition but the one on the left was labeled in good condition but wasn't! Don't get me wrong, the book is perfectly readable but has been stored in a damp area and the pages are yellowed and stained.And I love my books!
And lastly my Charity Shop purchases for the day.A Dalai Lama book to help with The Journey and the Agatha Christie encyclopedia because I love Agatha Christie,especially Miss Marple but as well I do think the current Poirot is brilliant.
Can anything be done for my addiction to buying and reading books?
I hope not!
4 comments:
A book addiction is a fine addiction. One of the few that actually pays you dividends in return. Sorry to hear about your friend. The older I get the harder funerals are to cope with. Not sure why. I think they append to each other.
I have a confessssion Steve,I bought another new book today.....The new Dan Brown!
I know lots of people say the films weren't brilliant but I read all of Dan Brown's books before the whole media explosion and really liked them.
And I also think the films are not as good as the books.
That is the problem with reading the book first.
I also read Patriot Games before it was made into a book and loved it and whilst I love the film it is a lot different to the book so again in it's own way,disaappointing.
I nearly bought the new Dan Brown book this weekend. I much prefer his books to the movies...The last movie was very disappointing to me.
Is the new one any good?
I haven't got to reading the new Dan Brown yet as I am still reading Life of Pi but it is definitely next on my list.
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