SVG stories...

Under the almond tree in my parents garden, my magic carpet spread out underneath me, still languishing over my Amy Bloom novel, i could not be more content. I have a whole lot of nothing to do, stretching waaaaay ahead of me....

I am laying on the beach, at Villa, waiting for the boat to come back and fetch me. My grand designs to come along for the diving trip, and lounge, book in hand, ipod in ears, whilst marine boy and the others dove down into the turquoise waters, had come to an abrupt standstill. The waves undulated, bobbing and dipping me, the most inconsiderate dance partner, back and forth, endless fluctuations. I clung to the sides of the boat, praying that if i stayed as still as a statue, if i didn't move one single muscle, that i could breathe through it, all the way to the shore. I couldn't. Ew. Ew. Ew.
And so here i am, on shore, where it is STILL. It starts to rain.
A massive crab sidles to the left of me. A freshly cracked out man, does crazy people kung fu with an imaginary opponent.
Where IS that boat?

My body is abuzz with a surplus twitchy energy. Music! i think, i need music! I attach the iPod to the speakers and start to twirl and jump around the large living room of our house. The high vaulted ceiling lends the most beautiful acoustics to the sound. I am soon joined by Nicole and Ollie, and i direct us in a loony dance competition. My smallest niece joins in, then my brother-in-law, marineboy, and my sister, and soon we are dancing in a circle all around the room, pied piper style, sweating hard on this warm evening in the Caribbean. Mum watches, amused. Dad grabs Lamby, Maia's stuffed toy, and holds him tight for quite a vigorous jig. I don't think Lamby will ever forget it. I know i never will.
The next morning, my calves are sore from jumping. What a brilliant night.


The sun sets on what has become our private beach. A lone gull hovers and dives, for his dinner. We watch his antics from our sunloungers, cocktail in hand, my scarf around me as the slight breeze of evening moves in. We are laughing, and then he is on his knees in the sand closer to me, and i am laughing through tears.

And i say.....YES.