I finished a tube of shaving cream today.
All the time I was using it, nothing, but when it came to dropping it in the bin; I remember when and where I purchased it. The village almost deserted, the deep gorge cut into the mountain. The walk across wide open meadows, no livestock to be seen. I still do not know how we found our way home. The lakeside, clear water. The old Roman temple, it's precinct swallowed by the town garden, 2000 years old, with wooden doors in place. A strange mix of old and not quite new. A nation still to find it's self.
Now as I discard the last tangible link I remember. It just seems odd, I wonder will I remember what was again, or am I doomed to forget?
Whata lovely bit of writing.
Im sorta really impressed wow.
.. the way you express yourself always impresses me, you have a way with words like no other. keep it coming
It's about surprise memory-joggers innit?
A depleted tube of shaving cream took the user back to time and a place in vivid detail... possibly a memory that may have remained dim otherwise.
A quick glance at my watch... checking again the day of the week on the mobile 'phone display... a paniced flick through the diary and I'm brought crashing back into the reality that I really should be getting my arse ready for work!!!
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I tell you what , your Tesco sounds much nicer than mine.
This post has just reminded me that I need to buy new handwash for the bathroom
Thank you T
My Mum (bless her) bought a proper old-fashioned green pram when my son was born. It has a white liner inside the hood with a pattern of tiny green sprigs all over it.
Whenever I took my son out in it I had the vivid memory of being under exactly the same pattern myself - and bearing in mind I have never been in a pram since I was a baby - I have to assume it is a baby-memory.
Freshly baked cakes remind me of coming home from school. Those little cakes always tasted better hot.