Back at Wally’s Pond.... again ...
A visit to this mind sanctuary is long overdue to help with a bit of reflection, and perhaps also to help a sometimes-over-busy mind cope with the demands of day to day business. It has been one of those sequences of days when unresolved and unexpected issues come and queue up at the door, just like patrons at a post office line on a busy holiday, waiting to place the responsibility of handling and delivery of their late gift packets on someone else’s hands. Since this is my forum ( it is … Isn’t it? ) I think it is a good place to vent a little bit. “They” ( after 73 years, I still don’t know who “they” are ) say that putting one’s thoughts out there will make it easier to cope, as well as to visualize what or where a solution might be. But the truth is that I am not sure the “grievances” are about others and their issues or about my own shortcomings, if I am going to be honest. I am told constantly that as one gets older --yes, in this case, me-- all traits and qualitie...