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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Thursday September 13th, 2007

Woke to news of yet another earth tremor near Indonesia. Is the world collapsing into itself? Is this the herald of that final "whimper"? Sorry for the purple prose - it's so tempting to ramble when the last time I jotted down disconnected thoughts I was sitting among leaves in the Vienna Woods and my hair was still naturally blonde. It was last century when I think about it, but then again most of my life is "last century". (Sigh) Later this morning I picked up the novel I'm currently reading and was really drawn in by the descriptive narrative - "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind. A learned colleague recommended it so I'm giving it a go. The descriptions of life and odours from centuries ago are so vivid you feel you could touch the characters and clearly visualise the settings...... Paris....(Sigh)

So, dear readers what do I have to look forward to this afternoon? A "larger size" Lean Cuisine gourmet meal served with instant coffee and a huge whiff of Patrick Suskind's "Perfume". What else? All this my sanguine readers and then it's back to work..................

2 comments:

Learning 2.0 administrator said...

Welcome to the Learning 2.o program- your post made me nostalgic, for a time when my hair was naturally any colour... :)
Beautiful writing- I am looking forward to reading more posts...
Enjoy!

Bossyblonde said...

Sorry you found the book wanting! I have such developed olfactory senses that I can fall in love at a sniff! Men with yummy aftershaves can find me following them down the street! I guess that's what made me wonder if it was really possible to influence people by smell as described. Interesting thought! Alas I am a sad case too, I cleaned out my fridge!