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Notes from a small dog XX

  Nope.. they ‘re not kisses after the title.. that’s my twentieth post! You can have kisses if you like…I can manage that, if you don’t mind….I sort of like being a lap dog, even though she says I’m too … Continue reading

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Bathtime

Bathing can be a relaxing, exquisite experience. There can be scented oils and beautiful candles in jewel coloured holders. There can be wine and soft music. There can be flowers. Sometimes the prospect of romance…. Or, and I say this … Continue reading

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A small adventure

“You can cook me the venison for lunch.” So says my son, temporarily Faith-less while she is away on a sculpture course. Oh, I can, can I? Any idea how he would like it cooked? Hmm, didn’t think so. Of … Continue reading

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Panic

It was almost exactly eleven pm, and six hours later before I found the small piece of paper I had been tearing the house apart looking for. Every drawer, every cupboard, the car..the books…and it was panic stations as I … Continue reading

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Faith of the heart

Amongst all the beautiful comments and good wishes for the coming launch, a friend sent me this. As usual, because of the sentiment behind it, I ended up tissue in hand. Of course, the lyrics have meaning for me on … Continue reading

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Notes from a small dog XI

Don’t panic! I’m home.  And so is she. Finally. I was getting a bit worried there for a while. She never leaves me that long….Not that I mind at all spending some time with my friend and the new laddie … Continue reading

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The girl with the shepherd’s heart

There was I busily scribbling away at something when the email pinged yet again. Two minutes later I am sitting with tears streaming down my cheeks, listening to a song I never thought to hear again. This is not just … Continue reading

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Pig’s Head – Christmas, Memory and Change

Well, Christmas approaches. There was a light sprinkling of snow yesterday and I braved the loft in search of Christmas stuff.  It is always a moment of memory opening those boxes.  Most of the decorations were made many years ago … Continue reading

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Diary 23rd July 2009

Nick had a day of ups and downs yesterday. As his eyes clear and he begins to work through the withdrawal from the impossibly heavy doses of morphine, paralysing drugs and other narcotics pumped through him over the last  weeks … Continue reading

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