I've been asked to write a blog entry. Believe it or not, I don't know what to write about! I find it hard to sit still! And I don't enjoy using the iPad to type on. Within the 'Blogger' app that we are using there is an autocorrect, but it is hopeless, which is why there appear to be lots of spelling errors in the posts which are often just typing errors on previous blog entries. I've also been wondering what sort of person reads a blog, and whether or not any of what I write is of use to anyone except me. Every night whilst Jasper and Maya send themselves off to the land of nod, I sit and write in my A5 diary a whole page, which is sometimes not enough space to record all that we have done in a day. And sometimes it's too much space, and I feel that I have to fill it, which I do! That is a cathartic thing to do at the end of a busy day when a little peace and quiet is needed. But a blog. Is it a record for me, or is it a record for all and sundry?
So although I should feel inspired to write something deep and meaningful and utterly thought provoking as we camp but a stones throw away from the shores of Lake Garda, I'm not. The only thing that I have been thinking about is a form of poetry from Japan known as the Haiku, in which a syllabic pattern is used. I'm intending to teach this idea to Jasper and Maya later this week, so have been trying out my own ideas to get them started:
Lago di Garda,
Beautiful, tranquil, serene,
Even in winter.
White snow caps the peak,
Sheer faced, rising from the ground,
Monte Baldo looms.
Anyway, you get the idea, whoever you are reading this! And how about this one:
Think brain, what to write?
Click, clack, type, click, clack, error!
Blog-ity, blog, blog!
Clare
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