Tag: bus passengers
-
Bus-world
I travel a lot by bus now that I am retired; I enjoy the commotion, the accidently overheard conversations, and the interesting habits on display. It’s difficult to be lonely on a bus. I don’t notice everything, of course; some things slip under the radar because they are not unusual. How many elders are just…
-
If Music be the food of Love
Things seem to have changed from when I was young -drifted away I think. I’m not sure if it is an Age thing, or simply a perspective shift -an adaptation to altered circumstances. If something changes slowly enough it’s often difficult to notice, difficult even, to realize that it no longer occupies its former central…
-
We Know Not What We May Be
There are times when we only seem to hear in sentences, and forget that their meaning and colour is dependent on the words –it’s like ignoring the rivers that feed a lake. It’s like assuming that the story of a wall is written in the bricks we notice, not the mortar we don’t. History can…