Wednesday 20 November 2019

The old woman in the cave






The top photo is sunrise down by the river. It was a bit on the damp side. That was Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon was indoor cricket. Sunday was football. I left home at 9.45am, had forty minutes at home at lunchtime then I was out again until 4.30pm. I have no idea how two football matches can take up almost an entire day. As a special treat I was allowed to watch the football while I ate my tea. I think I am almost ready to referee a match.

Last night was the town's Christmas lights switch on, always a big event. The children have pretty much ditched me now when it comes to this sort of thing, so after wandering up the high street and down the high street and catching up with a friend or two I took refuge in a coffee shop and wrote for a while. Still aiming for those 50,000 words. I did discover that the local wool shop still half exists though, which was encouraging. The other half of the shop is given over to houseplants. Which I thought was a pretty perfect (and dangerous) combination. I couldn't decide which plant to buy first, but you know I'll be back.

Tonight was my turn to help out at Scouts. Some nights are livelier than others. This was a lively one. Let's just leave it at that. I have had some chocolate and now I am having a sit down.

The littlest boy made me laugh the other day. I had just given him one of my lengthy and impassioned speeches about the importance of being honourable and sportsmanlike and never ever taking something to which you are not entitled (it went on a bit, to be honest I forget the exact point I was trying to make, but I believe it started being about not taking too many Tesco charity box tokens when you are only supposed to take one, even if you are using it to vote for your school to receive the big donation) and he said, 'You should be a quoter. You know, one of those people who makes up quotes. You're really wise. You're like a wise old woman who lives in a cave.' Oh, how wonderful that would have been if he'd just stopped at 'really wise'. Anyway, it made me laugh and shut me up, which was probably the whole point of it.

Hope all are having a good week. If you need me I will be thinking deep thoughts in my cave.

12 comments:

  1. Hahahahaaa, love his response to you! As to the wool shop and house plant combo, clever shop owner, moving with the times and the latest trends, long may they last I say.

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  2. Well, you certainly have your book title! :0) Ooh, plants and wool, a killer combo. Throw in some second hand books and a tea shop and I may move in! xx

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  3. Lovely post and pictures which had me smiling as always. You've had a busy week one way and another,which I certainly can't say of mine so far. xx

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  4. Good afternoon Mrs cave dweller. Well that did make me laugh. Good that you keep a blog and record all those lovely comments. Wish I’d been blogging when my boys were younger. Sounds like a perfect plan, escaping to a cafe to write. Hope the words are flowing. B x

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  5. Hmm, my daughter hasn't given me that title yet when I have gone on one of my save the planet rants. Make sure you have some knitting and paper and pencil when you head into that cave.

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  6. Hi CJ. I don't comment much but I really look forward to your posts. Thanks for always making me laugh.

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    1. Thank you Nancy, that's made my day. CJ xx

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  7. Kids say the darnedest things. Now I am envisioning you in a deep dark cave, with a fire and all. I'm just starting a book that I'm really liking.. "Named of the Dragon" by Susanna Kearsley. It's about writers! And set in England. Have you heard of it?
    ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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    1. I haven't, but I shall go and look it up immediately. CJ xx

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  8. It made me laugh, too. Actually one of the boys I work with who is now 7 asked me to marry him when he was five. I told him then I was really old and he said not to worry he would grow old fast. Fast forward to the present and a few weeks ago he actually told me I was really old, like in my 80's. There goes my self esteem!

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  9. Budge up and make room for me in that cave - it sounds a nice place to be! I love your writing here too CJ. Keep writing. Jo xxx

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  10. That is so funny Mrs Cave Lady!

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