'Go West'
Good Evening,
Fellow Readers and Authors, I hope you have all had a successful week wherever you happen to be in this world.
It’s Thursday evening here in the forest, and I am penning this article now as tomorrow we have a busy day.
It always centres around a Friday. Have you noticed? The end of the week, the beginning of the weekend, that break from our weekly routine. Long live Friday I say.
Friday will also mark our departure from the New Forest. All good things come to an end, so they say, and as soon as I have posted this article in the morning, Vera2 and I intend to go West.
An old saying as I understand it, attributed to the American author Horace Greely. ‘Go West young man’ was the phrase, although at my age, I can do the Go, I can definitely do the West, but hardly the young anymore.
Age though should never be a barrier to stop any of us from having dreams. It should never be a blocker to stop us from following them either.
As long as we have the blessing of reasonably good health, ‘Go West’ is an option for all of us to take if we so choose. Dreams are only dreams until you put them into reality, which reminds me of a fitting anecdote.
This week, I had the good fortune to meet another kinder spirit wandering through the woods with his dog. We stopped, and chatted for a while, exchanging stories and experiences of our lives on the road. Places we had both visited. Places on the bucket list, that were still yet to be experienced.
The gentleman left me with comment that rang out volumes, as I reflected upon my own life and the path I have trod. ‘I wish’, he said, ‘that I had done this twenty years ago.’
There are so many of us, myself included, who have made life choices we thought were the right ones to make at the time. Hindsight is a wonderful thing I am sure you will agree, But I also believe it haunts all of us from time to time if we were honest.
And so, while my article wings its way across this modern miracle of global connectivity, I will be following Horace Greely sound advice. Young or old, it makes no difference. Go west it is Horace.
Just one consideration has occurred to me, however. For past two weeks or so, I have had a daily rendezvous with a plucky little Robin, that drops in for breakfast each morning. He is indeed plucky and borderline cheeky.
His daily routine of wholemeal bread on the steps of Vera2, will unfortunately come to an end tomorrow. With the weather on the turn again, and temperatures dropping, I find myself just a little concerned for him. But he is a survivor, as we all are, and he will see the winter through I am sure.
I have added some links below, where I share a selection of photographs from the past week.
Please take a look.
Link – https://tinyurl.com/35a5uxz5
Link - https://tinyurl.com/237j65m8
Link - https://tinyurl.com/53jxfdmm
It’s Thursday night here as I said earlier. It’s late, and time for bed, so I will sign off for now.
May I offer our sincere thanks once again, to those of you adding one of the ‘Our Blue Orange’ series to your bookshelves over the week.
Thank you for your support, it is much appreciated.
Enjoy your weekend ahead. Stay safe, and keep reading and writing, and most of all, follow your dreams whatever they may be. 😊
Best Wishes
AR
Fellow Readers and Authors, I hope you have all had a successful week wherever you happen to be in this world.
It’s Thursday evening here in the forest, and I am penning this article now as tomorrow we have a busy day.
It always centres around a Friday. Have you noticed? The end of the week, the beginning of the weekend, that break from our weekly routine. Long live Friday I say.
Friday will also mark our departure from the New Forest. All good things come to an end, so they say, and as soon as I have posted this article in the morning, Vera2 and I intend to go West.
An old saying as I understand it, attributed to the American author Horace Greely. ‘Go West young man’ was the phrase, although at my age, I can do the Go, I can definitely do the West, but hardly the young anymore.
Age though should never be a barrier to stop any of us from having dreams. It should never be a blocker to stop us from following them either.
As long as we have the blessing of reasonably good health, ‘Go West’ is an option for all of us to take if we so choose. Dreams are only dreams until you put them into reality, which reminds me of a fitting anecdote.
This week, I had the good fortune to meet another kinder spirit wandering through the woods with his dog. We stopped, and chatted for a while, exchanging stories and experiences of our lives on the road. Places we had both visited. Places on the bucket list, that were still yet to be experienced.
The gentleman left me with comment that rang out volumes, as I reflected upon my own life and the path I have trod. ‘I wish’, he said, ‘that I had done this twenty years ago.’
There are so many of us, myself included, who have made life choices we thought were the right ones to make at the time. Hindsight is a wonderful thing I am sure you will agree, But I also believe it haunts all of us from time to time if we were honest.
And so, while my article wings its way across this modern miracle of global connectivity, I will be following Horace Greely sound advice. Young or old, it makes no difference. Go west it is Horace.
Just one consideration has occurred to me, however. For past two weeks or so, I have had a daily rendezvous with a plucky little Robin, that drops in for breakfast each morning. He is indeed plucky and borderline cheeky.
His daily routine of wholemeal bread on the steps of Vera2, will unfortunately come to an end tomorrow. With the weather on the turn again, and temperatures dropping, I find myself just a little concerned for him. But he is a survivor, as we all are, and he will see the winter through I am sure.
I have added some links below, where I share a selection of photographs from the past week.
Please take a look.
Link – https://tinyurl.com/35a5uxz5
Link - https://tinyurl.com/237j65m8
Link - https://tinyurl.com/53jxfdmm
It’s Thursday night here as I said earlier. It’s late, and time for bed, so I will sign off for now.
May I offer our sincere thanks once again, to those of you adding one of the ‘Our Blue Orange’ series to your bookshelves over the week.
Thank you for your support, it is much appreciated.
Enjoy your weekend ahead. Stay safe, and keep reading and writing, and most of all, follow your dreams whatever they may be. 😊
Best Wishes
AR
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