“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination” – Jimmy Dean Project 365: #19 Slowly, more and more things are heralding new beginnings, with all the organisation that entails. There is more and more finalisation, and more and more anxiety about all the “what…
Day 18: Rainy days
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky” – Rabindranath Tagore Project 365: #18 I woke up today to the sound of rain. Rainy days are always good for catching up with everything that has been put off…especially on Sundays, when…
Day 17: Misty mornings
“I don’t ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful” – Pete Hamill Project 365: #17 There is a shroud of mystery in the mist – I always wonder whether it is going to be a…
Day 16: Relative freedom
“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” – Jim Morrison Project 365: #16Yay! After at least six months of anticipation, our new passports have arrived…with our visas! Freedom, well, relative freedom! This has been a long process, with our…
Day 15: Suburbia
“That’s the trouble with the suburbs: it’s not a city, so you’re not anonymous, and it’s not a small town, so that people really care about you, but everybody kind of knows each other’s business, so you’re very judged” – Anne-Marie Duff Project 365: #15 So, this is just at the end of our driveway,…