Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Relats d'estiu de la Carme. Juliol: Waiting in the Rain

Una fotografia de sa lluna

Oh, oh, oh, the way she's standing there! I can already sense it. She will turn round, the corners of her mouth dropped as a sign of extreme annoyance, and after a meaningful pause she will hiss: ‘How nice you're already here. My darling, you obviously don't know that other mothers have handsome sons too.’
Oh, may she stand there with indignation until another mum's handsome son falls for her.
Some mums have pretty daughters too.

And thus, if she hasn't died, she's still waiting.

16 comments:

  1. The photograph goes well with the excerpt.

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  2. ... I la que espera, es desespera! ;-)))
    Bon relat, Sean.

    Little kisses.😊

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    1. Gràcies, Paula.
      You mean she's desperately waiting and my protagonist lacks all empathy? ;-)
      Besos.

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  3. Llàstima! No està gens contenta.
    Però nosaltres sí, llegint els teus relats sorprenents.
    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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  4. Beautiful photograph and prose. Hiss and spit at Blogger hiding it from me.

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    1. The photo has something, doesn't it?
      Thank you, Sue. I wish I found a way to solve the problem.

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  5. Conicía esta misteriosa imagen, ya que visito su blog.
    Feliz fin de semana.

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    1. It's intriguing, isn't it?
      Feliz fin de semana, Antonia.

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  6. A vegades esperes i esperes.... i no arriba mai ! ....millor actuar i buscar-ho :)
    Salut i bona setmana !.

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    1. That makes sense, Arthur ;-)
      The peace of the night.

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  7. El relat em sembla en efecte sorprenent, com diu Carme, però en llegir-lo també he tingut la certesa --i no sabria dir molt bé per què, però ha estat definitivament així-- que se n'adiu perfectament amb el que transmet la imatge :) Felicitacions, salut i una abraçada!

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    1. Ah, moltes gràcies per les teves amables paraules, Pep (puc dir-ho?). A canvi, t'abraço i et desitjo unes bones vacances. ;-)
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      Ah, thank you very much for your kind words, Pep (may I say so?). In return, I hug you and wish you a wonderful holiday. ;-)

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  8. All your latest posts have suddenly appeared in my reader. I'm not commenting on all of them, but I am going back and taking a peek at them all.

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    1. You are lovely, Mimi, thank you. Yes, Blogger for a while didn't let anyone know that and when I published a post.

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