“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
— Hans Christian Andersen
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live.”
Quote of the Day – Travel
Tag: life
A 14-Year-Old Convalescent Cat in Winter – A Poem
I want him to have another living summer,
to lie in the sun and enjoy the douceur de vivre –
because the sun, like golden rum in a rummer,
is what makes an idle cat un tout petit peu ivre –
I want him to lie stretched out, contented,
revelling in the heat, his fur all dry and warm,
an Old Age Pensioner, retired, resented
by no one, and happinesses in a beelike swarm
to settle on him – postponed for another season
that last fated hateful journey to the vet
from which there is no return (and age the reason),
which must come soon – as I cannot forget
– Gavin Ewart
Quote of the Day – Fiction
“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
— G.K. Chesterton
Charlie the Cat at Four
Despite the promising start, 2021 turned out to be pretty much a lockdown-ridden sequel to 2020. But once again, my little fluffball remained blissfully ignorant of the COVID-19 crisis and just enjoyed his chance to pester me while I was working from home.
Quote of the Day – Boring People
“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
— OSCAR WILDE
Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Memories
Another Top Ten Tuesday list, organised by That Artsy Reader Girl – this week’s topic is Bookish Memories. I really enjoyed compiling this one and travelling down the memory lane!
Quote of the Day
“At the door of every contented, happy man somebody should stand with a little hammer, constantly tapping, to remind him that unhappy people exist, that however happy he may be, sooner or later life will show him its claws, some calamity will befall — illness, poverty, loss — and nobody will hear or see, just as he doesn’t hear or see others now.”
— Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries
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