We all reflect on what we might have done in life, had we not done what we actually do.
There are several things I would have enjoyed; amongst them are farming, manufacturing (dunno what), and even cider making.
But above all else I would have enjoyed MILLING/BAKING. I would love to have owned an ancient working water mill to make stone-ground wholemeal flour. At the same time, I would have had an integral small bakery to turn my flour into the most wonderful bread.
When I was 'stone cutting' here in France back in the late 1970's, my boss had an obsession about becoming a Patissier. He eventually moved back to his native Provence, and did just that.
What might YOU have done!
I have a friend who spent years dancing for the Moulin Rouge in Paris, and now he runs a little cafe here in Bath. I always wanted to be a field palaeontologist when I was a youth, but I suppose I'm doing pretty much the same thing, with fossils being just an inconvenience.
ReplyDeleteI would like to have owned an old Carp lake and have a few members
ReplyDeleteI love the old mill and waterwheel. Talking to a tractor mechanic the other week. He's installed a dynamo on his river and it's powering all his lathes and engineering equipment.
I would have had more children, pure and simple :-)
ReplyDeleteMmmm, we don't get enough time here on this lovely planet do we?
ReplyDeleteI still have so much I want to achieve and only a few more years left, a bit depressing if you stop to think about it so I try not to.
Briony
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I always regret not taking up Blue Star Line's offer of a Deck Officer Apprenticeship when I was 15. Actually, I had no say in the matter, my parents refused to sign the papers saying I had to stay on in school to do my A Levels two of the four I subsequently failed. So I ended up in the Army.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to be a veterinarian, or own a rustic bakery in a smallish village.
ReplyDeleteGood question Cro ~ one I will ponder for a few days I should think now that you ave put it out there. Not something I have really thought about ~ I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteI had it in mind to live on a farm as I did when a youngster but....
ReplyDeleteI would have been an archaeologist, cataloging the lost colony of Roanoke.
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to own and operate a plant nursery
ReplyDeleteI wanted to have at least 5 children and live in the country.. .....and I suspect if I had to have a job then I always fancied being in 'casting' for film and tv......
ReplyDeleteWonderful to read the different things people would have tried, I would have loved to be a Burlesque dancer lol can you imagine!of course I would have had to have had a better body and face for that! my other choice was to be in a small Tuscan village and be the midwife...why...I have no idea that is just the fanciful day dreaming..
ReplyDeleteA midwife in Tuscany? I didn't expect THAT from anyone!
DeleteLove that old mill I can just see you as a dusty old miller. I always wanted to be a contemporary dancer.
ReplyDeleteI would love a café with a small deli. I still dream about this and I talk it through with my friend who I used to work with. in a similar surroundings/set up as I would want.
ReplyDeleteOpen early for passers by on the way to work, lunchtime and then open till 7 to catch people on the way home. I have even worked out how many staff I could eventually have. pretty much the business plan is ready. I just need the start up cash. Anyone fancy being a silent partner.
I am fascinated with people who loan people in 3rd world countries money for their business start up. And why we only have dragons den for such things over here?
Have a word with Antonio Carluccio (sp?), that sounds just like one of his that I've visited (yours, hopefully, would be cheaper).
DeleteI wish I could play a musical instrument. Do you think it is too late for an old broad to take up the cello? Maybe I should start with a much lighter harmonica.
ReplyDeleteThe Cello is a bit big to carry around. The Ukulele's good; and you could also learn to play it in just ONE day, all you need are about 5 chords.
DeleteI did the patisserie thing, and it was the hardest work I've ever done, but also the most joyful, by a long stretch. I'd got back to it in a heartbeat if it paid enough, or if I had the $200k to invest in a new space.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child, I wanted to bring about world peace. Now what would my title have been?!
When i was little, i wanted to work on a submarine. But the Navy didn't allow women in subs then, and by they did, i was too old and fat for them to want me. I also was probably much happier being a civilian.
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to be a translator or interpreter, but that didn't come to pass, althoughd i did have one instance where i was an interpreter and realised it was a good thing it hadn't been my life's work. I found it much more stressful that i'd envisioned.
I have some things i'd still like to do, and if time permits, perhaps i shall.