Hello, It’s Been A While…

Halloween passed with barely a whimper this year, a product that was destined to be curtailed by the crisis affecting many…distinct lack of funds in the family coffers. It’s sad because I was looking forward to trick or treating (such a nasty Americanism of the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain) or Guising as I used to know it, with my two grandsons. Very few households displayed lights and decorations inviting the younger children to run up to the door expecting sweets to be delivered into their goody bags. After an hour or so of tramping around the neighbourhood we called it a night and retired back to my daughter’s house to inspect the evenings haul. The main contents were the cheap jelly sweets (Haribo) and mini bars of Cadburys and Mars branded chocolate sweets. A couple of juicy satsumas were unceremoniously tossed to the side in favour of the other more appealing contents. A reflection of how children perceive what is advertised and what is not being the preferred snack.

The perception of what is normal to children fascinates me, their ability to decipher information about their surroundings in ways that parents seem unable to manage (the satsumas incident being one of them). Once explained why the satsumas should be kept for eating at a later date my oldest grandson put the satsuma back in his bag, while my youngest (he’s 28 months), after watching everything that had gone before, shaking his head in disagreement, put his satsuma in his brothers bag. Gotta love him!

While I’m here, I better take a moment to discuss my mental health. I posted a comment yesterday briefly outlining that I am slowly getting back to my normal badassed self. Instead of hiding away from society, I am almost ready to venture back into the wider world. My first step was admitting that I was in denial…damn difficult to do. My second was realising the unconditional love from children can’t be diluted, it is what it is. My third step was learning not to rush; everything takes its own damn time to heal and it’s not going to change.

Because it was Halloween I felt that if I’m going to post something, it might as well be relevant. Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love featuring the Stranger Things track Running Up That Hill was going to be relevant enough.

A Japanese CD release in FLAC

Hounds Of Love

1.      Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

2.      Hounds Of Love

3.      The Big Sky

4.      Mother Stands For Comfort

5.      Cloudbusting

The Ninth Wave

6.      And Dream Of Sheep

7.      Under Ice

8.      Waking The Witch

9.      Watching You Without Me

10.   Jig Of Life

11.   Hello Earth

12.   The Morning Fog