Continuing along the same track as my previous post (see what I did there? đ) there are many pieces of writing that use the metaphor of a train journey to depict our own life journey. Like all metaphors (just most metaphors?) it does break down eventually, but it does help illustrate what I was getting at with the idea of ephemeral friendships.
Friends
Are Friendships Ephemeral
Having broken my silence yesterday I am challenging myself to write here more often, even if it is just a few words. Today I am returning to a subject that I addressed in my only other previous post this year – friends. However I am coming at it from a slightly difference direction, one that has been occupying my mind recently.
Building a Highlights Reel
Some years ago now I wrote a post in this blog entitled You Don’t Know Me – this is a sort of revisit of that subject, but with a different emphasis. The topic was brought back to mind during my “70 for 70” project contacting ‘old’ friends and colleagues.
Reflections Around New Year 2023
Wow – a whole year without a single post in this blog – actually well over a year 
Sunday Theatre
In a week of songs from the shows its appropriate that my Sunday choice should be from one of Gowans and Larsson’s Salvation Army musicals.
Thickening Up Facebook
Its a common complaint and a justified one in my opinion that Facebook has too much “junk” and not enough content. I have been challenged over recent days over what I could do about that and this is my first attempt at formulating those thoughts.
You Don’t Know Me!
The subject of memories continues to throw up new nuances. The trigger for today’s musing is hearing (a number of times about a number of different people) “I didn’t know that X used to….” – its a phrase that is heard a lot these days.
What Do We Leave Behind?
None of us is immortal – as someone (probably lots of people) once said “everybody dies” – although few know beforehand exactly when that is going to happen. A seemingly growing trend is to generate a “bucket list” – things to do before I die – always assuming I get round to them in time that is…. The longer the list, the less chance that you will actually complete it!
Entanglement
This blog is predicated on the foundation that I don’t know everything. That – I am sure everyone who knows me will agree – is a not unreasonable starting point 
 Sometimes it surprises me just how much is included in the not known bucket – then I think – what about all the rest that I haven’t yet realised I don’t know – and that makes me slightly more comfortable with having such a big list of things I don’t know – it is dwarved by the (likely) list of things I don’t know that I don’t know!!!
Opening Up
Going back through my blog posts I guess there are many different sorts of trigger – things which spark some sort of idea in my mind that leads to some sort of outpouring here. Often, I guess, the result is quite out of proportion to the cause – many times the trigger takes me off at quite a tangent.