Archives for October 2018

Gates, screens, platforms.

Locked, projected upon, many shoe styles.

The commute, the informant, off-to-work travelers.

Hey ho, off we go – they said in a whisper.

The generals shouted and cried out “Victory”.

We know.

We have improved.

Trying to fix the batteries was a failure, replacing them was a success.

Some things will become more permanent, last for years or even decades. There will always be a few items that just get replaced, or the whole caboodle is junk.

But I want to talk about rounded edges.

I would never replace a cabinet with rounded edges, or a bed frame with curved corners.

Sharp square knife-edged furniture is only acceptable if it is out of range, beyond reach, otherwise, those scraped legs, grazed fingers and other minor blemishes or quasi-injuries will continue. Unnecessarily!

We enjoyed living in our ultra modern home, but the time had come for something different.

We locked the doors, undid the tiny valve and let the air hiss out as the house flattened into an easily packed flat blob.

A new mutli level, 6 bedroom, 2 swimming pool and three kitchen cute town house awaited and was being inflated as we got into the car and drove out of the gates that had marked the last years of life’s moments and memories.

A new fluidity had arrrived, inflatable, deflatable and suitable for the impulsive.

A fluid life. An evolving story.

New shoes. Not new and unused, but new to Josh the Joker.

New belt. Not new and unused, but new to Rose the Rookie Reiki practitioner.

The economist down the street, the bio-technologist at the square, they were pouring over their papers.

A corner shop paid out light into the early pre-morning darkness.

A billboard showed a picture of the new nano phone,  which implantable and battery-less, acted as if it were an additional human being.

The used clothing store was the single source of all invention.

The first day. There are always some bright, encouraging things to do, say or intone that make you seem valuable.

They’ll find out later how special you are.

Just offer more than required and offer when not even asked.

Mistakes? Normal. Questions – even better – they love explaining, teaching, helping!

This nugget of a micro-manual can be used in passing-cloud meetings as much as a new seat on the board, or the first day at the gleaming new (or not so gleaming) job.

And it’s so easy!