Walk Through Time

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Walk through time
via the book shelves...

When I was looking
at the book shelf images
that I posted
in the slow walking story
I started to think
about how each of my bookshelves
tells a story
through time...


through passages
passions
phases
and
periods

through stages
studies
interests
and self expression

this shelf
belongs to the house design phase
where house styles from
different countries and
continents were explored

these novels,
some old some new,
have provided me
with leisure and recreation-
but unlike most novels
that I share with friends
and then pass on to the library
I am not ready
to part with this group
quite yet

the subscription shelf
is crowded with gourmet traveller
for when I am feeling passionate about cooking
or travelling
and house design monthlies
to keep me abreast of contemporary design

and high above the magazine shelves,
the deceptively plain looking folders
are repositories
of the most valuable treasures
collections of works:
written, drawn and made by my four kids

and then we arrive
at the self development stage
which is really ongoing...

but there was a time
when it seemed
to devour all my spare time...

the current reads
get jammed into the spaces

while memories of my lifetime
are collected
and housed in the many albums
found down here

and then we find a shelf
dedicated to creativity
of the art and collage variety

near the section
of texts
required to build
a skill base
for practicing counselling

At this shelf
I will admit
to having a journal fetish
these still blank
but one day will progress








to the shelf dedicated to
filled journals
and collections

adjacent to
the gift card corner








the ideas group -
notes and pics
sketches and words
colours and torn articles
that may one day inspire me

and this colourful collection
contains the many postcards
that I have created
during the postcard passion period...

and what of these
large folders...

ah...
the hazy moon posts I print
to pass on to my parents
to update them of my foibles
and for me to mull over again...

and look here
hiding behind the folders
a book I am currently reading
and
how absolutely appropriate...

and the subject matter
for a future story...





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