Monday: New York Tuesday: My Phone Dies Wednesday: I Buy a New Phone

 

My dear Sister-Friend of decades sent me the above today

(it was sent to her).

It's amazing what sunshine and one large beautiful flame-orange tree can do

in the midst of many city buildings and streets! 

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This small park was beautiful as always ~ stunning colours... 

Well hello!

On Monday,

I had a lovely scone with clotted cream and jam;

the other, as is my cozy usual, 

I brought home to my beloved Mr. Husband

who enjoyed it quite a lot with 

the extra jam and cream they packed for me with it! 

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So Tuesday my phone died.

Because I am waiting to see if the Manufacture of my

Recently Departed Phone

will do anything whatsoever,

I am not saying more than that. 

Later, I may say more. 

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Today my Husband and I took a walk around our small area

and that was really nice.

I think one of the things I value the most is just

what is cozy and as I am healing,

cozy is getting easier, 

may this long continue!

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It's been hard without my phone.

Like I am not going anywhere because I don't have one.

It's the strangest thing,

sad in many ways because I used to go all over

town without a thought of needing a phone,

but times have changed,

I have changed,

we have changed I think

and there's no way I am going to NYC without a phone.

It simply does not feel safe.

This is a loss but also, well, 

it's just how it is.

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I recently read Listening Valley by DE Stevenson

and I was struck this time at how

much she was giving a picture of how everyone was feeling then;

the book was written during the war and before the war was won

(WWII that is) and the description of the first horrible bombing of London

is so real, I wonder if she actually was there... 

But also I am struck with how she was seeking to give 

strength and comfort to her readers in the midst,

esp those in the UK, some of the hardest times of their lives.

It is amazing that a writer can give such courage, 

comfort and strength... 

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This novel is one of my all time favourites. 

What novels do you love?

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Well.  By Friday or Monday I will have my new phone,

God willing.  Because of the rather sad abrupt death of my phone,

only 3 years old at that, I felt (after much research) that I had to switch

phone brands and to be honest, it was not at all what I wanted to do

as I have always been quite happy with my phone system via the brand of phone

I had been using for years.

But this situation was enough that 

1. my phone certainly died

2. thus I have no phone

3. I don't want to risk losing a phone to a spectacular unexpected phone death 

4. Thus unless my phone's company responds quite quickly,

it's over between us and that is rather a disappointment.

to say it in an understated way. 

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SO.  I am re-reading A Murder is Annnounced by Agatha Christie 

and am enjoying it quite a lot. 

What IS it about her (Agatha Christie) that her fiction is so calming?

Well. So it is.

I am greatful.

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I will also be VERY happy to have a phone again.

It feels good at least to be able to blog here about it.

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I have a LOT to be VERY thankful about!