Sitting in a small room, tired, listening to, watching a long-haired guy in a wooly jumper 44 years ago playing the guitar and singing, one of the best voices ever, “I’m goin’ to Carolina in my mind“, a song about homesickness. I am not homesick, but I too want to go back to “Carolina”, and I know I won’t be able to, ever. Every day, I am going back, in time, in my mind. How can I live in the presence when the presence hurts so much? Music that made me want to sing and dance, now makes me cry. Should I stop listening to music altogether, when it hurts so much? – The truth is that the hurt will never go away. It’ll be part of my life. But I will continue to listen to music, I’ll be going back to “Carolina” in my mind, and I will work on a better future. I’ll be concentrating on what is important. Focus on the essential. I’ll be getting rid of junk and de-clutter, and do one thing (for a change) and do that well. It’ll be a process and last for a few months, but I’ll get there.
It’ll be the right thing to do. The OBVIOUS.
Not too many news from Pádraig today. Sundays are quiet days. A rest from the wheelchair. A rest from the MOTOMed-viva-2. Just the speech valve for a bit over an hour. Almost no additional oxygen and breathing fine.
The recording suddenly stops shortly after the opening verses of the last song:
Well the sun is surely sinking down, but the moon is slowly rising.
So this old world must still be spinning round and I still love you.
Today’s German Music Tip
James Morrison & Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings, auf Deutsch: “Kaputte Saiten”. – How did this get 1.4m hits?
What’s hot
The realisation that life hurts
What’s cold
When you can’t deal with it
The German word/phrase/verse of the day
Scheich von Katar steigt bei Deutscher Bank ein (there is a double-meaning…)
Hospi-Tales 
I don’t know how I could have survived the bad times without the memories of happier days to replay in my mind agus ní bheinn beo ach oiread ach gur chur mé an Ghaeilge, máistreacht a fháil uirthi mar sprioch, an uair a dúradh liom go raibh ailse orm. Íocslàinte a bhí inti, násc le spioradáltacht na háite seo. Rud iontach luachmhar ar chóir í a chothú le bheith iomlán beo. Get well soon Pádraig we need you back here. Keep your heart up Reinhard, as Julian of Norwich says ‘all will be well all manner of things will be well’.
Thank you, Kay! All will be well. And Patrick will come back.
I don´t know if we are ever going back to old Carolina bet I am sure new Carolina is coming towards us. Besos y abrazos
Whatever it’ll be, Ana, we’ll be well able to take it. Together. With muchos besos and really strong abrazos! Ne?
Por supuesto!!!!