Tuesday 28 February 2012

When the Wall Isn't Listening.

I have seven animal pictures arranged around a window frame behind my desk – three birds, two bears, a dog and a koala. The koala looks the most knowing, and so he’s the one I talk to.

‘What do you think, little friend,’ I ask, ‘what’s the best I can hope for?’

He hasn’t graced me with a reply yet; he’s a silent oracle so far. But one day, maybe. Could be he’s still thinking about the question.

2 comments:

Victoria said...

JJ, thank you for your comment over on my blog.

'The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff' sounds like exactly the sort of tv program I would love. But, to see it, I'll probably have to wait two years or more, that is if it's released over here at all. American tv is a complete wasteland.

I hope your back is feeling much better. I'll leave you with the motto of the Cherokees: Endeavor to persevere.

JJ said...

Brit TV is mostly a wasteland, too, these days, Victoria, but we do get the odd bit of high quality comedy and drama now and then. And I thought these things were released more or less simultaneously on both sides of the pond these days. It was an American woman who once put me onto a good Brit comedy sketch show that I hadn't noticed.

The back is coming and going. Nice motto. Thank you. I'll remember it. 'Cherokee' has such a noble ring to it, I think.