Best Moment of the Day
I was remarking on the British thread in All Saints that the best moment of Sunday for me is very often when we sit down in the evening with a plate of roast dinner and a glass of wine, in the knowledge that there's no work tomorrow.
Last night I had another "best moment" - getting into bed with a good book, feeling slightly chilly but knowing I'd soon warm up and knowing that the responsibilities of the day were over for a few hours.
Share some of your simple "best moments."
Last night I had another "best moment" - getting into bed with a good book, feeling slightly chilly but knowing I'd soon warm up and knowing that the responsibilities of the day were over for a few hours.
Share some of your simple "best moments."
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Mostly now it is when I finally get to bed. I don’t know why I don’t get there earlier.
Some days ( not often enough), it is when I wake up at a civilised hour, having slept all night, feeling ready to tackle a new day ahead of me.
I love Sundays too. Church in the morning, pub for an hour early evening, followed by a roast tea. Brill!
Also, the days where you don't have a list of jobs, and can linger over breakfast and coffee in your pajamas, in the delightful knowledge that you don't have to get dressed and dash off anywhere.
I saw a comedy gig on Saturday night, the headliner said we can tell we are getting old because we remember when you could go do a poo without a computer in your hand accessing all human knowledge.
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There is something nice about waking up after a good night's sleep (I wish!), lying cosily in bed and knowing it's not quite time to get up ...
I don't find there are particular set times where I'll feel that all's well or all will be well and all will be well and all manner of thing will be well, but there are odd moments here and there.
I am writing a fair bit of poetry though, but often about loss and grief I'm afraid.
I do feel better if I can get out walking somewhere. That always helps.
The best part of my day is when I've had a shower and put on clean jammies and am looking forward to my cozy bed after a dinner that I've not had to prepare. For us that's usually Sunday night because I talk to the aged aunt late Sunday afternoons and so the husband is on dinner duty.
Thanks.
Don't take this the wrong way, as it's a general point and applies to millions of people out there ... but my heart sank when I read, ' ... I've not had to prepare. For us ...
'Us'.
I am no longer a 'we', no longer an 'us'.
That doesn't mean I resent you or anyone else for having a partner, for being an 'item', for not having to prepare all your meals yourself.
I quite enjoy preparing meals, as it happens. So what I have to do is cultivate a sense of gratitude for those things I 'can' do and not those things I can't because of the way things have worked out.
That takes effort and it can feel debilitating at times but what cannot be cured must be endured.
Oo, how lovely. I was wondering how you are all getting on.
Best Moment so far today - meeting my usual Tuesday friends for lunch and it not being my turn to order and pay either for lunch or coffee refills, so I could sit at the table and wait for everything to arrive in front of me.
Today it was Up Late by Nick Laird.
I read the cover blurb, the contents, then start to read the poems. I get to know them, the poet, more about the world, about myself.
Are you referring to Snoogle Time?
For us oldies, this would on be 'Best moment of the week' thread though.
My best moment, or moments of the day, apart from Tiffin Time (see above) is feeding our two beloved cats.
Now you're boasting
For me - best moment of the day - just into bed, on my own, silent room, warming up, dark. Quiet, peace. I take the points upthread about loneliness, but sometimes family life is something to get away from.
(I have not been up long, and now I want to go back to bed).
@Telford - having a trouble-free *ahem* poo is always good, and a sign of reasonable health...
Ah, a trouble free Pooh.
Best Moment so far today and I don't think it will be knocked off the top spot - a video call with our daughter and granddaughter, who is one year old today.
It's an activity that is delightfully tactile, vividly colourful, and smells good!
What an absolutely lovely description. I'm enjoying just reading it!
Me too, and I'm also wondering what you might be cooking that requires onions, carrots, mushrooms, peppers and beetroot!
I'm not sure either but if I lived a bit closer I'd be round like a shot! I was going to make a cheeky remark about deep fried in batter, but tempura veg would be pretty damn tasty.
Alas! I like neither peppers nor beetroot, but I don't begrudge @North East Quine her delight at dealing so poetically with all these vegetables!
Early morning when I take the dog for a walk. The birds are out (we have some raucous ones!), at times a light fog hovers over the fields, sometimes I see kangaroos (2 were boxing the other day!) and at the moment the (albeit introduced) jacarandas are out. Nature is lovely.
I was in Europe in autumn once...most (I think) of our native trees are evergreens so seeing the colours of the leaves all around me was a delight. I've been to a few places here with a number of introduced deciduous trees in autumn which is nice.
Whether they will be overtaken by the special Sunday evening moment of sitting down with a roast dinner and a glass of wine and no work tomorrow remains to be seen.
What a beautiful bird. We have willie wagtails down here which always bring me joy.
It's really great to see you around here again @Climacus !