It's turned into another dreary day in the Southern Tier of New York.
We have a warm front moving in, but it will only be temporary - tomorrow morning, a cold front will come through. But, in the meantime, the sun has deserted us once again.
When it's dreary, I lose ambition. I'm stuck in the grey blahs. And I couldn't think of anything to blog about today, so I turned to some blog sites I like for inspiration.
Dorothy, whose blog I've read for years, publishes a poem every Sunday. This Sunday, her selected poem was "Warning" by the Scottish poet Jenny Joseph. It was written back in 1961, and it was a favorite poem of one of my co workers, Pat. She had a copy of the poem at her desk for the several years I worked with her. They were good years.
Although she's been gone nearly 24 years, her memory remains a treasured part of my life. She wasn't granted old age - she died at the age of 58, from cancer.
She would tell me to lift myself out of those grey blahs, and I am going to do that. We are granted a certain number of days, and most of us do not know when they will end. The thought of Pat makes me smile today.
Here is Jenny Joseph (who died in 2018), reading the poem "Warning".
Thanks for the shoutout and for the video of Joseph reading the poem. Lovely.
ReplyDelete...we enjoyed a fabulous day here.
ReplyDeleteWow, that’s the inspiration for the Red Hat Society. https://redhatsociety.montonton.com/site
ReplyDeletePerhaps you should get one of those lights that mimic sunlight to help you through the blahs. Although, sometimes it's nice to huddle inside, turn on a good TV show, and just cocoon for a day.
ReplyDeleteI've had those dreary day blahs. Everything's so dark and damp and soggy and dead. Today turned sunny and I actually took Mickey on a walk, then worked cleaning up the front yard, not that it looks much different. Now comes a couple of days of cleaning and getting ready for my daughter's visit starting on Wed. So, that's good.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this poem!
ReplyDeleteIt changes my whole outlook! Thank you.
I've always loved this poem and now that it fits me it has even more resonance, Alana! xoCarolC
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