One story many tales

Fiction oflate seems too slow, removed-from-the-world and surreal.
But fiction - pop, classic, comedy, victorian, indian writing in english and all their sub genres - was once my staple diet, on trains, in classrooms, at the dining table, in the mornings even on board exam days and social gatherings.

Those flights of fantasy, awe and wonder that nothing has yet replaced.

In small compensation I picked up Kim Edwards 'Fire King....' from the office library on a colleague's reference. A collection of short stories, so that I can make atleast one a week.

Those little tales of love, hope and despair got me thinking on so many things that we just blur past in hurried lives. Melancholy and old age.

Sometimes scary, sometimes natural.
Sometimes makes me wonder what my grandparents must be going through.
So many stories to each life so rich.....but no ear to listen.

As I googled, I came across this:
crisp, painful, funny, amusing, but thoughtful.

Great truths about growing old

1. Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

2. Forget the health food. You need all the preservatives you can get.

3. When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you are down there.

4. You're getting old when you know all the answers but nodody bothers to ask you the questions.

5. Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

6. Wisdom comes with age, sometimes age comes alone.

7. You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

Someone once wrote every passing year is just a statistic! Its easy to forget them!
Thats nice to recall now!!
romie ;)