It seems incredible that after all we’ve strived for, we should start 2009 so broken – with huge job losses, racial tensions and strikes and all. There has only been two things in Britain so far this year which everyone across the board has embraced : Barack Obama’s election and then this first real snowfall for more than a generation – making everyone look again at things with which they thought they were familiar. These two phenomenens are significant and invaluable.
Dear Ava…
Coming out of my front porch I can feel the wind on my face and it doesn’t know whether to blow warm or cold – typical of Britain in Springtime.
Outstretched in front of my house is the sweep of the garden and in front of that the sweep of the fields with some animals and some trees.With the noisy motor-mower I am creating a circular pattern in the grass which looks like a ripple in a large pond. But green. Which you can stand on.
Possibly, later in the week, snow shall blow in from over there, over the tops of the fells and across the fields and arriving at my garden, and the pattern shall show through. Like a ripple on a large pond. But white. Which you can stand on.
