The funeral home’s jingle
On a personal level, the absurd brings moments of light relief amidst the gnawing frustration and deep desire to escape
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Reflect
The changing light of the sea
There he was swirling on the patio, filtered by the syrupy light of the last evening sun. Love him as I do, but seeing him, there was the most jarring effect.
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The tall avenues of nothing
I watch the scene at the top of the tall avenues: there’s nothing. Barcelona is a city of fiestas and insofar as it’s a city of siestas, the difference now is that the sleep people fall into is morose, immoderate.
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With a bit of perspective
Nothing seemed especially different that day, except perhaps the dissonance between the honeyed glow of the sun in people’s smiling faces and the intuition none of us could afford to be complacent.
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…musing and searching for meaning
No one is being levelled up or levelled down; all of us, farmer and financier alike, “are in this together”.
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The world is a narrow bridge
We quickly clambered on board, punched the holes in our tickets and waved goodbye, the salmon-pink sunset enveloping his family as they faded into the distance.
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Those first days
Slumped, his head a heavy weight resting in his palm, he woke for a moment but then returned to the dread of his television screen
Storytelling in spring
In Japan, the cherry blossom is appearing. Soon, it will be Easter. A time for rebirth, of sorts. Lets hope we can all feel the promise of better, more colourful times to come.
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Decency, expertise and shouting matches.
Amidst all the chaos and uncertainty surrounding Coronavirus, lets show a bit of solidarity. That’s where I better direct my attention this coming week. Not get into useless shouting matches.
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