Lindsay Ferguson on My Own Funny
Good day from a very foggy, balmy winter'southward day, here in Switzerland. Here I sit, with an opaque view of a rainy world, typing to you after such a long, long fourth dimension. These days, I'm not fifty-fifty certain that a website is truly necessary, what with then, SO many platforms for Social Media (or "anti" social media as my blood brother, Jeffrey, puts it.) He might be on to something. What a peculiar mode for folks to "connect." My favourite fashion to be together is in real life, in the flesh. I just Love hands, facial expressions, the look and texture of skin, the frail nature of hair, vivid optics, sounds of laughter, mitt-slapping-genu moments, palpable connection; gestures, electricity, the transmission of a giggle or a yawn… how beautiful, the very real thing. Maybe I want it more or have come to appreciate it more because these "in person" moments take become few and far between. Absence makes the heart abound fonder… I understand this more than ever, as I am sure you readers do as well.
My hair, his pilus
Information technology has been a heck of a yr, this by 2021. And so much gained, and so much lost. Gaining the ability to sit in "it" to have the time to process how life is moving effectually me, instead of just rushing through information technology all, going into the next and the next and the next. This fourth dimension has sounded much quieter, the buzz of busy much fainter and I have appreciated it, I've even come to similar information technology. Having the infinite to watch the glow of candlelight flicker its shadows across the wall… having the time to spotter the moonlight rise through the black horizon of the copse. This newfound, or newly cherished ability to sit down and watch, to sit and think, to sit and listen; finally learning to exist, instead of the blind motions of exercise, practise, exercise (an unspoken dominion I have follwed for most of my life.) Finding the wisdom of how to "be" has been the best gift of all.
Finger painting as an developed is still merely equally fun.
In all the tranquillity, one must find significant. I don't hateful purpose. Simply existence here has its own purpose which will reveal itself as we move through life. Pregnant. Meaning is crucial.What may be meaningful to me may not be meaningful to yous, and that'due south alright, simply my spidey senses tell me, likely, if we stop and listen and look we might just discover ourselves on the same page, at the very to the lowest degree, in the same chapter. I used to think something had to be big to be meaningful, merely lately, the minor things are quite consdierable. I saturday on the hill in our garden this Summer and watched while bees were collecting pollen from our flowers, bringing information technology back to their hive, a picture perfect view of life sustaining itself in the most frail of ways. In fall, I watched while my friend built a fire only to await while it burned down to embers, the perfect temperature to cook united states of america a gourmet meal nether an almost full moon. As winter approached, I listened in awe as a child told me to dance, trip the light fantastic toe and shake all the prickles out, merely to become smoothen over again. Recently, I felt the warm hug of an old wise man, and heard his giggle in my ear, reminscent of the male child he once was and of the innocence nosotros all all the same have. Oh the stories we can tell. What a life, full of magic… it's out in that location.
Under the moon past the fire, my happy place.
It took me almost a half an hr to find that concluding photo and in the process of scrolling through them all, I was reminded of an abunance of memories from 2021. Looking dorsum at those photos, shows me 2021 was a mighty twelvemonth! But it's funny, because on so many occasions, it didn't e'er feel mighty. How very lucky I was to travel to Geneva, to swim in the biggest lake in Europe, Lac Leman, those crystal clear bluish waters gave me joy and were ultimately refreshing merely they also taught me a lesson; no spending time in a buoyant boat, rocking back and forth or else you might spend the next few hours battling a motion sickness set on… Sorry Leia! Information technology was fun while it lasted! Non only did I have the risk to spend some time in the French speaking part of Switzerland, but also, had the opportuntiy to travel downward to the Italian part in Ticino. Nosotros were a three minute walk away from a Grotto, featuring a deep crystal articulate, freshwater pool with a water autumn rushing into information technology, the most beautiful water in the world, directly from the mountain top and more than a little refreshing! Thank you Christina! I also spent a lot of time on nature trails around where I live, always on the lookout man for forest pools to bathe in, and usually successful at that! I was extremely fortunate to take some family members come up to visit over the last few months, where we wandered and ate and drank and laughed together… That human in person vibe, it is just similar no other!
Thankful to be able to cool downwardly in a forest pool!
Me on the boat on Lac Leman, pre motion sickness! Be careful of those small boats, oops!
Freshwater pool in Osogna, Ticino, paradise 3 minutes from where we stayed. Amazing!
As y'all can imagine, entertainers are having a tough go these days. I guess because I know I am not alone in that, somehow, the togetherness is a little comforting. I had concert after concert canceled, or a more positive spin might exist to say they were postponed? I tin't count how many concerts over the past ii years have been booked and so canceled, however, I roll with it! That said, a few performances were a go, and I'll remember them fondly. I had the pleasance to play in one of Switzerland's hottest venues, on what might take been one of the hottest evenings of the Summer! Thanks to Cafe Mokka for an amazing nighttime! Also memorable was a music festival I was a role of, which reminded me of Canada, with face painting, butterfly children skipping, hay bales, summertime dresses, camping, dancing and of course, a little scrap of rain… I was honoured to be a office of that, thank YOU Black Mountain Commonage, I can NOT expect til next twelvemonth! Maybe because and then many concerts were taken away, it made the concerts I could play, that much more special. I really tried to be in the moment, equally much as possible. It always seems like I prepare, and expect and get exctied for a testify, so it's over, I'yard in bed and it'south all just a memory. The last concert I performed was a goodie, and I really tried to stay in the seconds…. I heard from some Lindsay Fans that it was my best concert all the same…. Thanks to the Chäslager in Stans for an epic night. Permit'due south promise I can (we all tin can) hold onto those special moments… those meaningful moments.
Singing in Stans, thanks for the photo Markus Frömmel
On a last note and probably the most meaningful note of all, I survived Covid 19. I don't like to bring up the "C" give-and-take, and I won't become too far into it, merely I defenseless it and I beat information technology. It wasn't so bad, either, 2 weeks mostly in bed with aches, a little cough and some dizziness. I feel great now, and lucky, because the Swiss government recognizes recovery, so for now, I take my freedoms returned and my natural immunity. We were all meliorate by Christmas, and then we went out and found a Charlie Brown tree to decorate. My Mum sent some decorations from my babyhood, and I was and so grateful to be able to add together them to our tree. It was, of course a very repose holiday this year, but I am grateful to have the ability to speak with my family unit who are thousands of miles away. I can't hug them, yet, but our time will come.
Our cozy living room
All in alll, 2021 provided…. there were some not bad moments involving friends, food, water and music… a few of my favourite things…. Let'due south promise 2022 volition bring me back to my family in Canada, without all the ever-irresolute rules…. We shall see…. In the meantime, exist well and cheers for reading.
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