Like A Circle In A Spiral, Everything Has Changed

Do you like or dislike Change? Could you really manage going back in time?
As a teen, I often lived on my stepfather's boat. I never considered it spartan or difficult, yet it was. Then I was on a film set for narrow boats, and it was one of the best experiences ever: cold, frosty mornings, watery sunrises, no hot water, and a log stove.
Although I chose a boat to live on recently on the waterways, because of airport restrictions, I was only allowed 10 lbs of hand baggage, barely a change of clothes.
From a hot climate to a chilly UK, I was, of course, somewhat unprepared. At least I got my summer duck down through security to sleep fairly warmly.
I met a guy on the towpath one morning, and he took me to a shopping centre to buy a warm raincoat. I was walking miles to shops from my boat.
Things really must have changed as I asked him where to buy a hot water bottle.
‘I will go and buy you one in the cafe over there!’.
Language has obviously changed; it’s a rubber bottle you pour hot water into to keep warm at night, not a drink. How I laughed.
The next day, he turned up at my boat with an orange hot water bottle as a present. LOL
Well, I don’t have an electric kettle yet, for my all-electric boat, but I do have an orange hot water bottle, but no kettle to boil water. Central heating, not yet switched on, and a tv, same not yet working. It’s an adventure, just like my teens.
I had to borrow a knife and fork from the boatyard; they are not allowed through airports; toothpaste was also highly suspicious and tested in the airport. LOL. Everything is considered dangerous these days, even soap.
Cities which were once exciting are full of people who don't make eye contact and have no time to stop for anything, full of the homeless, all nationals of their countries, sleeping in the streets.

Most towns in the country I left had beautiful historic buildings being trashed to make a new kind of little boxes twenty two stories high, some with no windows in some rooms…That isn’t exactly progress.
I’m passing pretty thatched cottages, rolling hills, sheep and cows, small pubs and cafes.
Although I am originally from a capital city, I was utterly bewildered by shopping centres and large shops. Everything is done by phone here, including appointments.
Some changes are for the better, many are a challenge.

Pete Seeger - Little Boxes

There are still endless wars, and now huge influxes of people crossing borders from countries where wars took place who are being asked to join our armies???
The sixties were full of hope for peace, now the countries that were warring are crossing borders. Will they adapt?
Many nationals are now buying boats to escape cities. There is some degree of freedom on a boat; if you do not like the place, move on. Maybe some are living in vans?
Travel is not so free. Airports are hell, IMO.
Many small businesses have closed. Many are stretched financially.
Being on a boat is a challenge and lots of exercise. But people still say hi and chat, even help each other. I’ve met a few new people in the boating community.

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind

The theme is ‘Change’ within your life. Do you enjoy change?
Are many changes for the better or worse? Does negative change to positive? What is your conclusion?
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Lian and Kieran