Atropos
January 30, 2014 § 14 Comments
‘I’ve been thinking about beginnings this week; beginnings and endings’.
The first line hooks me in, and I read to the end without stopping. Now I want more. Evocative, vibrant, raw expression.
Siobhan is new to writing, new to blogging. I want to encourage her, want you to read her stuff and let her know you like it. Please read on…
I’ve been thinking about beginnings this week; beginnings and endings. Autumn is always when the largest proportion of people die, I have discovered, but this autumn a lot of my friends got married or engaged. All in places far away… Canada, Australia, the United States. The deaths didn’t come this year. It unsettles me. I think I’m thinking about it because it’s getting close to February. I found out that my fiancé (now ex, obviously) had potentially terminal cancer in February a few years ago. Going back six years, it’s also the month that my grandfather died. I was heartbroken.
The death of my grandfather is something that I’ve never talked about that much, mainly because the last time I saw him I was seven years old. He looks like me. I look like him… I had bright white hair when I was a child. (There’s a photo of me somewhere…
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Changing Skin: modern haiku and other stories 
A good recommendation, I look forward to reading more 🙂
I like her writing as well. I also like that she writes from a perspective that is much different from mine, makes it even more interesting. Thank you, Rachael. 🙂
I know what you mean. May we never get too old or set in our ways to the point where we judge anything that is simply ‘different’. I work on that one… 🙂
I think we all (at least those of us still around) do. It can be hard though, but it’s always worthwhile, especially when we remember how smart we were at that age 🙂
Ha. I don’t recall feeling uber smart, but I do remember feeling I had the whole of life utterly sussed… 🙂
I heartily second your encouragement of this new blogger. I liked her blog very much and believe she’s well worth following!
Thanks, Nina!
That’s really kind of you. It means a lot, since I’ve only just started and it’s a bit scary…
After the scary bit it gets to be fun…
I’m getting that already. Such sweet comments from people. Made my day, yesterday.
It gets easier the more you do it. Keep at it. You’re doing just fine! 🙂
Ah, thank you!
Thanks, Rachael, for the recommendation – an interesting read, and a blog, I feel, to watch.
Thanks for your support, Chris. She is someone close to me heart.