Most days, depending on where you live, you will hear:
cows
rooster
cars zooming by on the main road
truck horn
rain on the zinc roof
wheels swishing on wet road
rain pattering on the leaves of trees
neighbours squabbling in the distance
neighbour next door and his wife quarrelling
school children playing in the school yard
a mad dog barking
the ocean booming against the seawall
kiskadees chirping kisskakeeeee
chicken hawk squreeeeelling
parrots…don’t ever forget the parrots, soon o’ clock o’ morning…parrots
singing-engine kites that kite-flyers have tied to a tree or a post during kite flying season
the wind whistling tweeeeeeee February, March, April.
Best sound of all is the one we mostly never hear, the sound that streams through the grrrr and the raaah of daily living.
To hear, you must get outdoors, or sit on the platform outside your front door, or stretch out in your hammock.
Listen.
It is the sound of your little holiday. You don’t need to fly miles to a foreign land to experience it, unless you live in a desert, but I am sure that in the desert there is another sound that is just as wonderful. It is better than any food you could ever cook. In fact, it is food for your spirit. It’s a sound that’s not only for the wealthy. It’s for the poor, the humble, the aching, hungry soul too.
It’s the sound of the trees rustling in a light breeze.
How about narrating it, Neena? Add to the richness of the words by the sounds, rhythms and inflections of the voice?
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your writings, I get a sense of the way the words would sound, but I do not hear these accents very often in Scotland, so they are quite unfamiliar to me, beyond occasional characters in occasional films. :)
Kim, thank you so very much! You have no idea how much that means to me. I plan to record one day. I must get some technology and a quiet space.
DeleteI live in the country and hear the birds and lovely country sounds, but we also live near a motorway and hear the constant hum of traffic. Truthfully it's a sound I've never got used to and we've lived here for years and years.
ReplyDeleteJoey, after we sold our family home, I moved to a little apartment even closer to the ocean...and the highway. I don't know how I managed to tune out the sound of traffic. I played music and sang, so that helped haha. But then again, our traffic is not as heavy as yours might be.
DeleteLOVE your words and your video. Keep walking, watching, listening - and writing.
ReplyDeleteChild, thank you!!!! If only you knew how your kind words help me to feel better, feel positive.
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