FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
I'm taking a guess here, But i would like to think that most of us had some sort of "cubby House" as we were growing up.
A temporary pillow fort or maybe something more permanent like a treehouse. A place where some sort of childhood magic occurred.
Crazy adventures during the day or ghostly stories and secret missions at night. (mainly bombing the other neighborhood kids cubbies.)
What great times they used to be for me and the group of friends i had back then. Excellent times to be had in all sorts of places that seemed so normal and banal.
Stories of stories create different stories, muddying the waters in the retelling of them, making more "you had to be there moments".
Why am i living in the past?
WELL,
During my self imposed or otherwise sabbatical, these past couple of months or so, reading the blogs bought all those childhood memories flooding back to me.
The crazy adventures, the scary stories, the rehashing of old gags,the warmth of friendships.
They say life can and does complete a full circle.
The blogs i think, have become the replacement "cubby house". Its a place where a group of friends go to hang out and have a good time. Sometimes being bombed by the next neighborhood "adults".
Still it's all in good fun, or at least it was way back then, and i hope it is today.
It would be remiss of me not to mention Cat, I, like many others here in the CS BLOG "cubby house" wish him a speedy and full recovery.
Friends from a bygone era are being replaced by friends in this a new era, I cherished my friendships growing up, as i cherish my new found friends.
Friendship is not something you learn in school, But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
I'm stoked that i can still wander through the neighborhood and find a "cubby house" where many come to share their stories both past and present.
In closing
IMMMM BAACCKKK......
There is always a little Truth behind every "Just kidding"
A little Knowledge behind every "I don't know”
A little Emotion behind every "I don't care”
And a little Pain behind every "it’s okay".
Comments (71)
I like that new look
I am so glad to see you back where you belong with us
I just emailed you an hour ago !!
how are you today ?
A little Knowledge behind every "I don't know”
A little Emotion behind every "I don't care”
And a little Pain behind every "it’s okay".
I like that bit
So uhmm did you bring a gift??
Just a little plastic surgery from a mate of mine somewhere in the mountains of Spain.
I am well thank you, and yes i have read it and will reply.
But in the meantime, is this ok, being here i mean.
Great to see you too.
And yes, That is a smile you can see on my face.
I guess we all had different names for what we called them.
The underlying factor being,
How great a time we had way back then.
Yes my not so Big mate,
Well it is true that i have been nowhere, so technically i wasnt missing, so you couldn't have missed me.
As for a gift,
Sorry mate, i didnt plan that far ahead.
I'll have a look in me old sack and see if i can conjure up something for you.
goodness , after all this time , you must enjoy your first day back on blogs Simmo
it's so good to see you back
Thank you so much for the excitement i hear in your words.
We may be Half a world apart, but as you know, your presence is much closer than that to me.
there are tears of joy rolling down my face as I write this !
thankyou , indeed I do know very well how much i mean to you -and you know that feeling is mutual --i too am smiling through my tears ,, honestly :-)
even though , we have stayed in contact all these months ,I have still missed you terribly here
Uncle and we will play as before?
Hiya Serenity4two, how are you cutie?
Did you notice simmo was gone? I sure didn't... or did i? I did notice my beers lasted longer then usual. You think he used to steel my beers? That could explain a few things i think.
OF COURSE we will play as we did before.
dear Teddy
i will dry my tears now ,, Simmo has made me smile and you have just made me laugh
you missed Simmo like crazy ,, just like me !!!!!!!
i am good now thankyou Teddy ,
how are you ,, excitement for your impending trip to your lady must be reaching fever pitch now !!!
oh , and as regards your beers going missing --methinks you better do a big stock up of beers now that he is back ,,
hey , i might even have some left over form my bloggers house party yesterday !
Well i hope they are tears of happiness.
And im sure Teddy, Non, Zman and the rest have been keeping an eye on you making sure that things remained fairly normal around here.
Well as normal as the blogs can be.
Did you save me some cake or other snacks? I'm hungry
No probs with a blog hijack here pal,
Thats all you seem to do these days, well that is when you are not pinning over your beautiful nameless lady.....
Besides, i drink your beers to help you,
I dont want you putting on the weight again.
My friend,
I could nearly say the same to you,
I have noticed that you have been quite on the blogs,
I hope that you intend to continue to pass onto us all your wisdom.
blogs "normal " ?
are any of us " normal " ?
I have missed you, i have been looking in from time to time, but havent seen much of yourself.
I hope all is well with you.
Yes , dear man ,, i have some leftovers from the party --i will send them to you via the air waves
i guess normal is a word that does it's best to describe everything and nothing.
Yes it is good to be back hitting the keyboards and exchanging words with friends, even if they do blame others for drinking their drinks.
Poor old Teddy, 7 weeks to go, and he's already in a panic, god i'd love to be a fly on the wall the day he has to depart.
and all of us are over the moon that you are
as regards Teddy , yes , i would imagine it's going to be very difficult to leave his precious lady when the 3 weeks are up
I forgot to tell you in my email earlier this morning ,,
Dela was asking for you a few days ago
hey , i'm in my 40's and i'm still young (ish ) !!
That is nice of Dela,
He is a very good blogger and seems to be an intelligent man.
I have been reading his blogs from time to time.
As for your email, I will reply to that tomorrow.
In the meantime,
Take it easy and try to relax when you have a day off.
With all the work you have been doing, we dont want you to drop with exhaustion ok.
I am pleased that all is well for you.
And no Landlord,
what have you done?
What have i missed?
Yes you are just a youngster, so try and remember us elders may not always be right, but we are right more often than not.
"Today a fun day in the blogs
Lonely Teddy YOU
Who else to join us"....
I wrote this comment to your blog but left it at Teddy's blog...
You see how the joy of meeting with friends stirs the heart
I can imagine what he feels poor fellow TED...
Dela is the most wonderful man
highly intelligent and greatly respected around here
His blogs are so lovely ,,and so is he
i will indeed take it easy today , thankyou H
yes i sure was at "exhaustion " point ,, but all will be good again over the next 3 weeks
I will surely look forward to reading your email tomorrow , and we can catch up properly :-)
If you're heading to bed now ,, i just wanna say welcome back again dear Simmo
your appearance here has sure made my day
It is like i said earlier,
The blogs are like the "cubby houses" we used to build and play in when we were younger.
We had so much fun then.
Now each blog is like a persons "cubby House" where friends come to have fun.
Hope you are enjoying yourself.
As i said to NON,
A plastic Surgeon from somewhere in the mountains of Spain has made me over, Seeing as it is a recent change, it will take a little while for the tan to appear.
As for not expecting to see me here,
I was going to mail you, but thought what the hell,
I'll just put a few words together and see who is up and about.
And unfortunately, Irish has hit the nail on the head,
Tis almost beddy bye times for me.
May hang around another half hour or so.
Good to see you, glad you paid me a visit.
Yeeeeees...but...
Today I enjoy the abundance of bloggers!