Dress it up how you like, use the ubiquitous English 'stiff upper lip' but farewell is still farewell. I am heading back to England within the next few hours and that wonderful British summer my friends keep reminding me of, the truth is I will miss this part of the world. It has grown on me and I am finding it a tough move to say goodbye. The up side is i have two wonderful smiling faces that light my heart up and send it soaring into space to catch up with when I get back, they have been very busy with SATS tests and Karate and parties with friends etc but all the time I wrestle with their absence.
It has been a very deep searching hard fought time out here, I have completed a book and half way finished a second, albeit with much more editing to be done on both, I expected nothing less as the road to producing anything worth while is never a short one. I sometimes wish my mind was not quite so active and deep, it makes life so very difficult at times, almost like a curse, but in reality I know it's a gift that I should learn to harness better than I have been doing. The rain is hitting the apartment window as darkness descends here in Manly, I am seeking all the positives from the trip and trying to look on the bright side, I would be lying if i said i was finding it easy. But life goes on.
So, I must also tackle the back log of work and enquiries that no doubt sits on my desk in Shropshire, it is just another part of life that must be addressed, I appreciate that and the opportunity to come out to Sydney and be creative and take time out will never be under sold to me, I am so fortunate i can scarcely believe my good fortune, but when you have had something so precious its very hard to let it go.. very hard.
I will be blogging from the UK in the next 48 hours, that in itself will feel strange but i have many family and friends to catch up with, so I guess that will soften the blow of exiting such a beautiful country.
Thank you for your attention OZ, thank you for the welcome and your great hospitality which has been the warmest I have known from any country i have been to. You can adopt me any time :-)).
It has been a very deep searching hard fought time out here, I have completed a book and half way finished a second, albeit with much more editing to be done on both, I expected nothing less as the road to producing anything worth while is never a short one. I sometimes wish my mind was not quite so active and deep, it makes life so very difficult at times, almost like a curse, but in reality I know it's a gift that I should learn to harness better than I have been doing. The rain is hitting the apartment window as darkness descends here in Manly, I am seeking all the positives from the trip and trying to look on the bright side, I would be lying if i said i was finding it easy. But life goes on.
So, I must also tackle the back log of work and enquiries that no doubt sits on my desk in Shropshire, it is just another part of life that must be addressed, I appreciate that and the opportunity to come out to Sydney and be creative and take time out will never be under sold to me, I am so fortunate i can scarcely believe my good fortune, but when you have had something so precious its very hard to let it go.. very hard.
I will be blogging from the UK in the next 48 hours, that in itself will feel strange but i have many family and friends to catch up with, so I guess that will soften the blow of exiting such a beautiful country.
Thank you for your attention OZ, thank you for the welcome and your great hospitality which has been the warmest I have known from any country i have been to. You can adopt me any time :-)).
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