fiat panis

Time changed today, so I slept past 10am — doesn’t matter which system you use, I was asleep!  I was apparently wiped out and needed the extra rest, because — I think I mentioned yesterday that my back was twinging quite a bit.  Today it’s much better, thanks for all the prayers!  Lilacs are my favourite spring flowers.  When they bloom, I know that spring is here.  We had Chinese today for lunch as a treat.  Jerry is not pleased because he wasn’t given any scraps of food that would upset his tiny tummy and cause problems.  He’s been bouncing from one lap to another and has temporarily settled on my feet to stare at me in hopes of sweet-and-sour pork falling into his mouth 😂 Don had his 2 helpings and is now having his post-prandial nap 😁. Don’t tell him, but he looks so cute all curled up on a corner of the sofa with a cushion under his face.

I’m watching a mini-series of Watership Down.  I love this book, and it takes all of one paragraph for me to be absorbed in this wonderful tale of the rabbits and their struggles.  It’s funny, but in reading this, Richard Adam’s managed to teach his readers enough of Lapine (the rabbits’ language) to make it seem authentic.  I loved the stories of el-hrairah, the Prince with a thousand enemies who seemed to be an incarnation of Anansi the spider man.  And yes, I love the many stories of Anansi too.  He’s a clever trickster, he who was a spider, or a man or halfway between the two.  

I’ve always been a lover of myths, legends and fairy tales. I believe that they are necessary for humans to be able deal with the confusion and terror of life.  I wrote about that here, a long time ago, and I think that we learn a lot reading and rereading fairytales.  It probably explains why I enjoy epic fantasy.  My favourite book remains The Lord of the Rings series.  It’s got problems, let’s not deny that.  But it’s still a wonderful good-defeats-evil story that includes elements of collaboration and accepting different viewpoints.  They talk about the unions between men, elves, dwarves, etc., to defy the forces of evil.  The numbers in the movies are greatly exaggerated (I think) but the key is that all the races united to battle Sauron’s forces.  I’d be happy to dive back into the books — and The Hobbit — at any time to relive the story.  And I’d be equally happy to lose myself in The Wind in the Willows which creates a beautiful, idyllic English countryside.  Then there are the Redwall Abbey stories, which have a lovely mixture of idyllic life and dreadful villains.  Some of them are super creepy!  I can go on with a list of books like this.  Escapist?  Absolutely.  But they also convey messages of friendship, love, support, encouragement and other wonderful themes that are necessary for us to remember in difficult times.  

Today is for escapism 😂 I’ll happily soak up my rabbit time now, and later I’ll dive into something else.  Maybe a trip to the river?  Meanwhile, I have a rabbit joke for you… What do you call a happy rabbit?  A hop-timist!  Good night!