WHAt I AM GRATEFUL FOR......

At the discussion on Tuesday evening i was asked us to send Unity things which we are grateful for. I am grateful for so many things, far too many to list, but here are three of them:
 

1. My ability to still do shorthand even though I don’t practise it as often as should. How embarrassing to mistake the outline for “postman” as “parking meter” !!  I can’t get over that!
2. My ability to play music, compose music and, most importantly, to share music with others.
3. My new vacuum cleaner which I purchased a few months ago as my old Electrolux was long overdue for retirement. It had been in the family since before I was born and belonged to my grandmother. They made them to last in those days. Occasionally I had needed to rewire it and put in a new motor, but the suction was getting weaker and weaker. I haven’t thrown it out because it is an early model and I would feel sad just to throw it away, so I shall see whether any vacuum cleaner museum might like it. My new one, Edgar, is brilliant, although he is not very happy that I changed his name. He keeps telling me that his name is Henry but to me that doesn’t suit him. Edgar is much better. Edgar Hoover. Get it?

Gregory Porilo
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