Tuesday, July 8. 2008
It happened again!
I don't believe it! It happened again! Something that I couldn't do on purpose if I tried a thousand times! (I seem to be using a lot of exclamation marks...!)
Every morning when I get up, the first thing I do is make myself a pot of tea. Then I start work (computer – translating, website, etc.) and drink my tea while I work. I have the teapot sitting on a tea warmer – a glass base which holds a small candle (a tealight, as a matter of fact) – to keep my tea warm during the time it takes me to drink all the tea.
This morning, the little candle went out, and I wanted to re-light it. I lifted the teapot off the tea warmer, got out a match, and struck it.... maybe a little over-enthusiastically, because the head of the match broke off....and (get ready...) flew right into the spout of the teapot! And into my tea, of course.
The spout of the teapot has a diameter of roughly 1/2 inch (or 1.5 cm). Just think how many things had to be just right for the match head to fly into the spout!
Is there a lesson to be learned here? Not really. It's just that these synchronicities fascinate me!