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tapestry moth

by Simon Aulman

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another one best played quietly, though it's not too sensitive to be played a bit loudly

Today a friend and I drove over to Ashurst and wandered around for quite a long time in the forest and then we went to the New Forest Pub by the bridge and had the best Sunday roast we'd both had for ages and ages, but that's not really what fired me today - earlier I was walking round Shirley and as I was waiting to cross the road at Foys Corner I spotted a man with a white stick getting a bit tangled up with one of those low chains that hangs between low concrete pillars to stop people parking or moving their prams or standing upright if they are blind - and from the way he was puzzled it was clear that he was at the very blind end of the white-stick spectrum.

I've kinda given up with the human race and just let them all get on with it - but I couldn't stand it and didn't stand it and I walked over and kindly wonderfully thrillingly guided him the forty yards to the ramp that leads up to the Co-op - I would've urged him to climb the steps but there was a big friendly dog sitting at the bottom of the steps and I didn't want him standing on it and making it less friendly.

I don't say this to prove what a nice person I am, because I am no longer nice. I was once. While he was walking up the ramp and holding onto the handrail I returned to wait for the beeps to cross the road, and when they beeped I stepped forward and got hit by a cyclist - not fast - no harm done - he did one of those wobbly-handlebar-wiggles as the bike went in a zigzag and then he gave up and put a leg out to the ground and stopped.

I suppose I should have been cross - the lights were against him - but I wasn't. I feel I should've seen him coming, but I'm glad I didn't. The other reason I forgave him was because he said "nice one about that bloke" - meaning that he'd seen me help the blind man and he approved. It shows that I am losing my peripheral vision. For the rest of the day I've thought whether I should get a white stick, because this isn't the first time I've noticed how bad things are.

Are there other kind people out there ? I know there are. I know it's not worth getting cross about anything in this world where even the big disasters are usually very funny - I noticed that the blind man didn't actually go into the Co-op - when he'd reached the top of the ramp he immediately started to come down the steps and he found the dog and it got up and started to guide him home. It was like I'd stepped into a new world - so while I and my favourite friend walked round the forest and then ate our Sunday roasts I was happier than I've been since I fell down my staircase before Christmas and nearly got killed again.

recorded today, photo near Ashurst today

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released February 11, 2024

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