Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Spend a few quiet minutes on our deck in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand.

Not much writing for me today. Not much talk. Just a short video taken on, and containing the wish, "May the 4th be with you."  

We had dropped down to Covid alert level three as I prepared this post and video and it was still pretty quiet out there. As I publish it, we are at level two, and the background I hear is composed now more of internal combustion and less of childrens' laughter. So this video does hearken back to a 'simpler time,' in case that affects your decision to continue...

May 4, 2020, was on a Monday, and one that was far removed from manic. It's about 2:30 p.m. The kids you hear now and then live at the house under the palm trees. They've got a trampoline over there. ( I feel like I'm introducing the audience to Thorton Wilder's Our Town.)

The video is only three minutes long. I suggest you have a cuppa, or something cool and refreshing at hand while you watch it. Amiri suggests sour cream and onion rice cakes and Arram supports Ritz crackers with cream cheese as ideal if you need a snack with whatever beverage you've chosen.  

Take a break. You know you deserve it.  




 -djf

2 comments:

  1. Love those quiet minutes on your deck with the bright sunshine and wind blowing. reminds me of waves breaking on a far away beach.

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  2. Yeah, it felt really good out there that day. Had a bit of the feel of fall in the air.

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