Ara en clase estem estudiant una mica sobre l’arquitectura barcelonesa, els moviments de modernisme i de noucentisme, Gaudi i Dali, i un par d’escritors. Quan el meu profe ens parla de Barcelona em imagino alli passejant pels carrers i per la vora del mar- vull estar alli, vull estar amb tu.
Tambe, en clase de gramatica catalana, estem feint els temps verbals. La meva residencia ens dona becas per a viatjar si te alguna relevancia al nostre curs. Vaig a mostrar-lis aquesta foto i dir-lis que haig d’estudiar-la- a veure si la consegueixo!! Mola.
….la princesse au petit pois…..
The four of us. The Blencowe siblings. Natalie (27), Me (21), Carla (25), Rob (17). It seems like a long time since we were last reunited, and I know that it won’t be until at least Christmas time till we come together again. Family holidays just don’t happen anymore, or they imply just the ‘Rents’ and Rob. It seems strange, after so many years stepping on each other’s toes day in day out, that a facebook poke once in a blue moon or a quick text to say ‘Congratulations’ or something suddenly becomes the norm.
I don’t think I have ever laughed so much than with them. The tiniest thing, the most ridiculous comment can have us bent over in stitches. Car journeys that turn into a karaoke concert, table tennis tournaments that turn into a giggling match, and if you sit us all down at a table with a plate of fruit and vegetables you never know what kind of concert or match it might turn into!!
Having been abroad for so long I have realised how much I miss their company. I just can’t wait for the Blencowe bunch to get back in action, I can feel one brewing up!
Many are afraid of the unknown, why? because it is unfamiliar to us and therefore we have no guarantee as to whether it is good or bad. Does this mean that everything that is familiar to us is necessarily good. No. But as the saying goes…’better the devil you know than the devil you don’t', why? becuase it is more predictable and we have the possibility to prepare our defences. The outcome is more likely to be positive.
Surely then we should just always stick to doing the things that are familiar to us, this way we are likely not to come into trouble. This may be so, but we must remember that boredom also kills! Imagine if we never tried anything new. In this case a diet of Mac Donalds and mushy peas could theoretically become more apetizing than homemade delights such as smoked-salmon and pesto or my nan’s apple pie. Daring the unknown is therefore about discovery and the pleasures that it could bring us. If we don’t try then we’ll never know.
salmon and orange it is then……eh?
No lo creo todavía
estás llegando a mi lado
y la noche es un puñado
de estrellas y de alegría
palpo gusto escucho y veo
tu rostro tu paso largo
tus manos y sin embargo
todavía no lo creo
tu regreso tiene tanto
que ver contigo y conmigo
que por cábala lo digo
y por las dudas lo canto
nadie nunca te reemplaza
y las cosas más triviales
se vuelven fundamentales
porque estás llegando a casa
sin embargo todavía
dudo de esta buena suerte
porque el cielo de tenerte
me parece fantasía
pero venís y es seguro
y venís con tu mirada
y por eso tu llegada
hace mágico el futuro
y aunque no siempre he entendido
mis culpas y mis fracasos
en cambio sé que en tus brazos
el mundo tiene sentido
y si beso la osadía
y el misterio de tus labios
no habrá dudas ni resabios
te querré más
todavía
Mario Benedetti
