I have a weakness – actually several: cats, hedgehogs, elephants, chocolate….dum dum the list goes on – but right now my main one is:
Every time I drive by an old abandoned building I day dream about turning it into a living space upstairs and a shop/coffeehouse downstairs. Now the problem with this is I work retail I know what owning your own store is all about – hard work all the time 24/7 and fear all the time of running out of money and time and energy – but still I do this. And I am aware of the work to change a place so you can live and work in it – lots more stamina and ideas and money and dedication than I could muster on a great day. But, still I dream about it.
My other big weakness right now is white bed linen…. I dream about 400 count cotton sheets and duvet covers, with large fluffy pillows and crisp edges. I finally realised why though. It is from when my sister and I went to Hungary to visit my Dad in 2000 and there I slept in fresh white sheets and duvets and also realised my marriage was over. But, the sense of my own bed all clean and fresh and white has stayed with me.
Carl Sandburg – Fog
THE fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.