Secret Smiles

So today I notice several people out walkingwho were smiling.

They're not smiling at the other people they're walking with, or other people in the street.

They're smiling secretly at a virtual something-or-other.

A text, an email or a song on their iPod...I have no idea...but their smile makes me smile.

I spend a fair bit of time on my own these days but am usually in touch with friends electronically. I realised that I spend a fair time with a secret smile on my face too. Sometimes out and about, other times at home quietly in the house.

So what made me smile today?

A series of tweets with the hashtag "#lesserfilms". My favourite being "Breakfast at Ratners" from DM.

Some of the lyrics from "God Shuffled His Feet" by the Crash Test Dummies - " ...that a parable or a very subtle joke..."

That my downstairs loo and utility doors now have beautifully fitted door catches and handles

Making a cake and it looking like it was supposed to

Seeing that loads of people had valiently tried to put their rubbish in the bins on Castle Green and when they couldn't, they stacked their trash neatly next to the bin.

Seeing a fig tree that has planted itself in a wall in the harbour in full leaf and with loads of fruit.

The smell of wallflowers.

Learning that TD may have got some temporary work to tide him over.

A text saying "...tweets and photons..."

Drinking beer with ex-colleagues.

The prospect of a sunny weekend away with a pal

Listening to Ian Dury singing "Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt3" which is full of the most mundane things imaginable and hearing that "Cheddar cheese and pickle " with "Vincent Motorsickle" are set as rhymes.

This is not an entreaty to look on the bright side, or some worthy "aren't we lucky" thing...what I'm saying is that should you see me in the street with headphones on, perhaps reading a text message and grinning goofily..I'm probably not ready to be sectioned...I'm just enjoying something.

Hope you do too...



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