Posts from — May 2009

Today is his 150th birthday – as I am a big Sherlock Holmes-fan (and working for “The British Shop”) I will treat myself with reading one or two short stories tonight. I am just not sure which one to pick, there are so many!

1. My lover, darling, best friend (all in one) -  to chat with him through the night and to cuddle with him in the morning.
2. The song “Wire to wire” by Razor Light (yup, after all these weeks I still turn the volume up on my radio!)
3. Writing poems, even though I feel rather leached out after the Poem a Day challenge. And of course writing in general…
4. My guinea pigs as they gave me a reason to open my heart again in my darkest times and for making my laugh on a daily basis! Guys, you are hilarious!
5. “Isolde”, my harp, who (!) sometimes can be a bitch but most of the times lets me play wonderful music.
6. Osteopathy: a weird but wonderful medical treatment and after 2 sessions I already feel soooo much better! Ever had your liver pushed around??
7. The new Star Trek movie! I always loved Spock in the classic series when I was a kid but Zachary Quinto blew me away. I was skeptical as I thought I would keep seeing him as Sylar from Heroes (where he was awesome, too!) but I completely forgot about that character. He really does look like Spock. I have to watch it in English to hear his real voice…
8. While I am at it: re-watching the classic series. Just got myself the first half of season one and can’t stop watching it. I am in total regression, cuddled in a nice blanket – but no, I am not sucking my thumb!
9. Reading books I normally wouldn’t read. I am in the middle of “Heart of the Night” by Barbara Delinsky – pure romance, but well written (more thoughts about that later). The next book I will read is “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome – another book not typical for me but it sounded fun and I really want to broaden my literary horizon.
10. The internet – so much information on my hands, I could browse for days!

Words
just underneath the surface
but not clear enough
to get hold of them
to understand

the more I try
to recognise them
the more blurry
they become

so I sit down
at the bank
and wait
for the words
to rise

© Julia Nickel