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Comings and goings, going and comings.
When I got here and sat down on the harbour wall, warm sunbeams were shining down on me, then some clouds gathered in the sky and they were gone.
I saw a little shoal of tiny silver fish just now. They suddenly appeared, darted this way and that for a couple of minutes then swam away. I wonder where it is now.
Earlier on, a throbbing noise became louder and louder. A helicopter was heading my way! You should have heard the din it made when landing! A smartly-dressed chap carrying a brief case climbed out. A flashy car pulled up, the guy jumped in and off they drove into the distance. The helicopter took off again.
I watched the ferry float across from the island. A couple trucks and a few people disembarked then disappeared. I watched the ferry go back to the island.
A little poem about comings and goings appeared in my mind. But as fast as it came, it went! I should have written it down.
It seems like only yesterday we welcomed in a new year. Seemingly it was in a rush to get away, then who could blame it given everything that happened. It’ll be gone tommorrow only to be replaced by another one. I hope for its sake, and for ours that it has an easier passage.
Comings and goings, goings and comings. That’s life, isn’t it?
I’m heading off now, sorry if I rambled on a bit!
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Thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E.Ayr for hosting The Unicorn Challenge.
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May you have a very Hapy New Year. I look forward to more wonderful posts from you.
That’s so kind of you Denise, thank you.
‘I met a man upon the stair’ and all that. I hope you’re going to enjoy the coming year, Keith. 🙂
I’m determined to! Thanks so much.
Love this and I love comings and goings.i once wrote about people coming and going at a bus stop,imagining where they were coming from and where they were going
Funny you should mention that, so do I!
Well done response to the prompt and commentary on life. The last few days in Dec bring out the whimsy in all of us.
Indeed they do Christine!
Keith, you capture the ebb and flow of life, emphasizing the constant comings and goings in a simple yet profound way. The snapshots of your observations, from the shoal of silver fish to the helicopter landing, create a vivid and engaging narrative. This piece resonates with the rhythm of life’s transitions. 🙂
~David
Thanks so much, David, I didn’t give it any forethought, I just let the words flow.
Lovely meander in this one, Keith.
You catch life just as it is – comings and goings…
All the best for 2024, with that cool new photo. 🦄
Thanks so much. Jenne.
The old picture was due a change having been taken over 10 years ago!
Always great to read you!
Happy New Year, dear Keith.
Wishing you all the best in 2024!
That’s so kind of you. Nancy, thank you.
Keith, your story’s refrain on the flow of time is deep! True time flies by; it is the moments lived that “count.”
So true, Suzette.
Always fun to visit your blog, Keith.
Cheers to a new year filled with joy, adventures, and endless possibilities!
Happy New Year!
That’s so kind of you, Happy New Year to you too.
Nicely written Keith. It’s all about coming and going, isn’t it?
Indeed it is! Thanks, Sadje.
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Very enjoyable, Keith.
Happy New Year, and yes, I’m looking forward, definitely not looking back!
Good for you, Chris! Happy New Year.
The occasional ramble’s cool, mon brave.
Orrabest, old pip.
Why not? And to you, my friend.
Lovely piece! And I loved listening to you read it. I tend to ramble myself and this was just delightful!
That’s the way of it.
I pray you have a blessed and beautiful 2024!
Yes, life’s like that. And the longer one lives, the faster the comings and goings are – especially the goings. Well captured here, Keith.
Beautiful post, Keith. Have a happy new year. 🙂🌷
Keying off Suzette and Margaret about how time flies. For me the more disturbing trend, in the coming and goings of the years, is the acceleration of their passing.
Surely, the ultimate irony for our now-distant youth, when we (some of us) were impatient to get older.
enjoyed your story
Happy New Year Keith. Thanks for the smile.