Quite A Day
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I knew the gas company was sending someone out today to fill our propane
tank but I wasn't sure when. The owner of the company assured me that the
guy h...
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Saturday, 15 November 2014
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Chasing
the light
reality
fades
darkness
all around
the
wolf hears only silence
an
absence of all sound
a
shadow world abiding
infected
with my pain
no
more a place of magic
no
sunshine only rain
my
love when will you find me
tight
hold me to your soul
renew
my hope set fire my heart
the
broken once more whole
tomorrow,
yes, the sun will rise
blind
eyes will once more see
the
wolf will wake and chase the light
the
glory yet to be
Copyright © Eryll Oellermann 2014
Monday, 6 October 2014
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Thursday, 25 September 2014
the rest of my life
well, here i am, sixty six years old, ready to begin again!
so much questioning, so much self debate ...
should i, shouldn't i?
should we, shouldn't we?
even spoke to my beloved mann about it.
not that he voices his opinion in actual words you understand!
but, after our thirty six years of marriage, i am usually pretty damn sure of what he would say.
one day, i just knew. time to move on, time to settle down, time to begin the new life.
i find my life tends to come in segments and although it is sometimes a little difficult to tell an end from a beginning ...
suddenly, surprisingly, i just knew.
of course it is not an actual brand new beginning! more like a return to a previous starting point, older, wiser and determined to succeed.
today - the first day of the rest of my life!
so much questioning, so much self debate ...
should i, shouldn't i?
should we, shouldn't we?
even spoke to my beloved mann about it.
not that he voices his opinion in actual words you understand!
but, after our thirty six years of marriage, i am usually pretty damn sure of what he would say.
one day, i just knew. time to move on, time to settle down, time to begin the new life.
i find my life tends to come in segments and although it is sometimes a little difficult to tell an end from a beginning ...
suddenly, surprisingly, i just knew.
of course it is not an actual brand new beginning! more like a return to a previous starting point, older, wiser and determined to succeed.
today - the first day of the rest of my life!
Saturday, 5 April 2014
a taste of home
on a corner in glasgow along the great western road ...
there is a little taste of home for globe wandering, boerewors hungry south africans.
on wednesday the good animal doctor took me there.
i left home in splendid spring sunshine harbouring cheerful thoughts of warm weather. My home is heated by a coal fire, the system works and heats the house quite efficiently, but ...
it entails lugging coal from coal shed to house at least twice a day and quite frankly my coal bill is of a size which, were i a pessimist, i might deem - unfortunate.
on to glasgow and nirvana.
lamb bunny chow!
boerewors rolls!
sparletta creme soda!
nik naks!
chocolate logs!
tennis biscuits!
ouma buttermilk rusks!
etc ...
only the african born would understand the degree of joy engendered by the sight of these once familiar goodies.
the plates were enamel!
ready, steady ...
go!
there is a little taste of home for globe wandering, boerewors hungry south africans.
on wednesday the good animal doctor took me there.
i left home in splendid spring sunshine harbouring cheerful thoughts of warm weather. My home is heated by a coal fire, the system works and heats the house quite efficiently, but ...
it entails lugging coal from coal shed to house at least twice a day and quite frankly my coal bill is of a size which, were i a pessimist, i might deem - unfortunate.
on to glasgow and nirvana.
lamb bunny chow!
boerewors rolls!
sparletta creme soda!
nik naks!
chocolate logs!
tennis biscuits!
ouma buttermilk rusks!
etc ...
only the african born would understand the degree of joy engendered by the sight of these once familiar goodies.
the plates were enamel!
ready, steady ...
go!
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