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Store Your Happy Memories Here:

Croix
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Dear All~

What this place is for:
This thread is a tool, a resource, and also I guess a dash of entertainment.

I’ve found that when life is grim that sometimes thoughts of past happiness can create a chink of light in the grey overwhelming press of down. They can help occupy the mind with lighter reflections.

With that in view I invite people to set down a brief passage describing some happy event they look back to with fondness and peace.

They - and others too - can then return to it when they feel the need to glean a little warmth.

It is not a place for gloomy or dire tales, those can go elsewhere.

What to do:
Just set out, as simply as you like, your recollection of some past experience that means something good to you, something you enjoyed, something from safe times.

It can be, like my story below, anything – from an account of visiting grandparents to simply cooking and eating a melted-cheese sandwich in a favorite kitchen – you get to choose.

How to do it:
Write. Write enough so someone else can feel the mood, know what happened, find the goodness. (stop at 2,500 characters please!)

Grammar, syntax, spelling, punctuation are not compulsory, just write as you can – the only important thing is the content - not literary merit. Short or long - it does not matter.


I hope you enjoy, contribute and find a little distraction here when you need it.

Croix

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Hi All,

 

We live some distance from the city of Adelaide now so I don't venture that way very often unless it is to visit the beaches! 

I've been fortunate enough to visit Kangaroo Island here in S.A. There is a place there called Stokes Bay. Decades ago, you drove along a rough road to reach the beach and there was some indication of a parking area. The bay in front of you is full of boulders and stones, the waves can be rough and you wonder where on earth is the beautiful curved sandy beach you have seen in the brochure!

 

There is a small cliff at one end of the beach, if you meander along to that you find a track leading through a cliff "tunnel" that leads you to a wonderful  beach with a natural rock pool. Some people miss it because they are unaware of the hidden beach beyond the cliff.