Take it easy. Why are you in such a hurry. And beeping.! Come on now! Don’t you realise that sudden noises distract me from the task of walking. I have to slow down and stop in your path. I need to check for my safety and that will make me even slower. So – show […]
Author Archive | Maggie Richardson
Getting Older
Traffic Lights
I was watching a talk show this morning ;(Sunday) that had Denise Drysdale and the subject was what got on your wick or something that sounded like that. For some people it was when people constantly h it the walk button at a crossing when they have obviously just pushed it and are waiting patiently […]
Happiness is
Happiness is a ‘step in’ shower. I am no longer fit enough to scramble over the sides of baths. Happiness is a chair in the shower. Now I can stay longer than my wobbly knees allow and enjoy the ‘long and hot’ flow of water. Happiness is having a conversation with my husband when the […]
Mitsy and James – Friends forever.
We have three cats – all different but all Ragdolls. The smallest is a kitten we call Mitsy. She is rather mischievous and she and the other kitten James spend many hours playing together. Now playing in this context means running at full pelt after one another through the house, wrestling with one another or […]
Dance of Intimacy
I stand outside myself and watch the dance of intimacy and in spite of my inner resolve to halt the music my steps continue on their path to destruction. June 4th 1991
Secrets
I am like a child with words sworn to secrecy For when I see you my inner soul comes bubbling forward to meet you.
Question Posed and Answered.
My first reaction was anger. I had given the man a glimpse of my personal life and he had shared it with these strangers. I glanced back along the path the story had followed, from the woman who had spoken, to her son and on to the teacher. Each had a beatific Cheshire grin that […]
Speeding
I sit cocooned in my car staring intently at the distant trees The 1812 overture wraps itself noisily around my senses and I drift to another world. My foot falls heavy on the pedal and as the crescendo rises my eyes flicker to the dashboard. No it can’t be a hundred and sixty. I […]
The Test.
Are you ready? Going to go? OK. Now! Jerking to the beat he rocked sideways back and forth knees bent lower and lower. “Here let me hold your hand.” Suddenly she was afraid. It was many years since her hip had allowed such movement and to find she was to move so low was […]