Off for a break – but where to?
I’m going to be off for a few days now, the only question is, where will I go? I may travel as far as the balcony, or if I can afford it, up to the roof to look at the view. For a change, I might spend some time with the vacuum cleaner. Then there is always the possibility of investigating the cupboard under the laundry sink. That would be a new and as yet unexplored region. (Actually, I do need to get under there and see where the smell is coming from, but as long as I do it before the summer when it gets evil, it can wait.) There is the allure of the exotic climbs of the bathroom and its exciting growth of black mould spots. Apparently, visitors are invited to join the eco programme and help eradicate it from the ceiling, so I can be environmentally friendly while I’m at it. Perhaps I’ll go further afield, to say, the butcher’s, or the supermarket and its all-inclusive attractions of humour, gossip and assault course. If I take my ropes and harness, I could descend to the harbour for one last check of the post later in the week and scale the steps back up, that could be an adventure. Or maybe I’ll just hang out at the desk and work on this idea I have for a story involving a charter called Barbary Fleet set somewhere in the 1880s, and see what happens.
Whatever I do, I will be back now and then, maybe more then than now, so don’t panic if you don’t hear from me until next weekend or the year after. Have a good one, and here’s wishing you seasonal good tidings and all that from over here in Symi.
