RINGING THAT BELL

 

 We are at the last bell for 2020-21 Season and what a year it has been

What were the things you used to do? When you were young!! And, how is it now? Is there anything positive about these times? Or is it all negative? And the future, what are your expections for how things might / could be five years from now? You will have finished your studying time [maybe] and be getting ready to launch yourself onto an unsuspecting world . . . . . . . . what might happen?

FROM BIRMINGHAM TO EXETER TO BIRMINGHAM TO EXMOUTH TO WINCHESTER [UNIVERSITY] TO EXMOUTH TO SOUTHAMPTON TO LONDON TO POLESWORTH TO TAMWORTH TO LONDON TO WEYBRIDGE TO BRIGHTON TO EAST GRINSTEAD TO CROWBOROUGH TO FOREST ROW TO CARRICK FERGUS TO BELFAST TO LURGAN TO EXETER TO HENLEY TO LITTLEHAMPTON TO VENTSPILS!!!! WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS . . . . . OR WHERE WE WILL BE.

I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE SUNSHINE CUDDLING MY BLACK RABBIT, MY MUM NEXT TO ME - PERHPAS i WAS 3. I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH.

FAST FORWARD MAYBE I WAS 7 AND WITH WITH GRANDAD, I HAD SEEN THE DISNEY FILM 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' AND HAD DECIDED TO PAINT MOMMA'S PINK ROSES BLUE - MY GRANDDAD HELPED ME :-) NO PHOTOGRAPH.

so that's the past....

What about now?

Hmmmmm - know the original version?

I AM NOT SURE I LIKE BEING AN EDUCATIONAL DJ ON ZOOM, I MUCH PREFER BEING ABLE TO GIVE HELP FACE-2-FACE. ZOOM PUTS PRESSURE ON STUDENTS TO BE SELF SUFFICENT AND SELF-MOTIVATED OTHERWISE THEY SLIP BEHIND.

Looking ahead - can we do that these days?

BACK IN A GARDEN SOMEWHERE. FROM A DECKCHAIR, WATCHING THE BUSY WORLD GO BY AND REMEMBERING A TIME WHEN I KNEW YOU ALL AND WONDERING HOW YOU ARE DOING.

Over to you ...... what is your story

Write a short piece of text 12 - 15 sentences IN TOTAL perhaps covering then, now and also maybe -  from your personal VIEWPOINT - you can put it in COMMENTS or EMAIL it and you can include links to images or selfies if you wish to be more creative [I live in hope :-) ]

FROM MY HOME TOWN - THE MOODY BLUES SING DRIFTWOOD