Category Archives: Life

Wordpower

Posted on October 17, 2020 by

“Gloriously expert position. I merely bumbled upon your fastidious post and desired to articulate that I have really relished understanding your blog articles.” Genuine spam comment. Understanding? I wish I could say the same of the comment. The spam box … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged , , , , , | 49 Comments

Borrowed Wings… again

Posted on October 8, 2020 by

In 2009, after my son had been stabbed through the brain and left for dead in a coma, I was writing daily updates for all those around the world who were sending their love and prayers for his recovery. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love | Tagged , , , , , | 79 Comments

…A Month of Sundays.

Posted on September 26, 2020 by

The Old Sterling Ten Pound Note (obverse) * The Sundays of my youth were quiet days, primarily because in those far off times our country still regarded the first day of the week as a rest day. Most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Life, Spirituality, Stuart France | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

The end is nigh… hopefully…

Posted on August 27, 2020 by

Regular readers may recall that in April last year, an unseen leak had brought a kitchen cupboard crashing down from the wall at my son’s home. Plumbers, builders and insurance assessors were called… and by October, the kitchen wall had … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged , , | 54 Comments

Being three…

Posted on August 12, 2020 by

Childhood memories Perception and emotion Reanimated Technicolor images Played on the screen of the heart * My youngest granddaughter was three at the weekend. Her parents hired a bouncy castle for the day; Imogen and her big sister dragged the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography | Tagged , , , , , | 55 Comments

My Mother’s Hands

Posted on August 1, 2020 by

  I see my mother’s hands before my eyes The first caress that I had ever known, And with a thrill of wonder realise The hands I see before me are my own. * Where did the decades go, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Motherhood, Poetry | Tagged , , , | 32 Comments

Up and Down

Posted on July 31, 2020 by

This week has been a difficult one, with so many masked faces raising the ghosts of memories that I could wish had stayed well buried… memories of moments that I will not forget, no matter how much wishing I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged , , , | 40 Comments

Watching

Posted on July 28, 2020 by

For the past few days there has been a young heron beside the road on the five mile drive to my son’s home. It stands, arrow thin, shadow blue and perfectly still, almost invisible, watching the drainage ditch that runs … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Landscape, Life, Photography | Tagged | 2 Comments

Creature comforts…

Posted on July 27, 2020 by

The bee spread its wings and managed to take off from the hot flagstones… rising a mere inch before landing again. I watched him try and fail to achieve lift off several times over the next few minutes. He obviously … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography | Tagged , , , , | 42 Comments

Anything goes…

Posted on July 14, 2020 by

I was born in… well, we can gloss over that. Let’s just say that my childhood was spent in an era of extremes. War and calls for peace dominated the headlines, crooners shared the charts with pop groups, hemlines varied … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged , , | 1 Comment