We have been fortunate this past week to have my oldest brother and my sister-in-law visiting from Melbourne, Australia. I am the youngest of four siblings and the only girl. It was lovely to reminisce about growing up and the things he remembered or knew about our parents and grandparents were good to hear. LotsContinue reading “Siblings”
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Tell your story before it is lost…
Today, I picked up my 89 year old uncle and took him shopping. Just the two of us, with a small list each out and enjoying each other’s company. With my health issues of recent times and recovering from yet another operation, I have only recently begun driving again. Prior to my recommencing driving, myContinue reading “Tell your story before it is lost…”
I am the old woman – A poem
If ever there is someone I make fun of on a regular basis, it is me! I rely on my sense of humour that I don’t offend myself and hopefully therefore do not offend anyone else. Today I realised, I am an old woman. So, I wrote a poem about it. As you do! OrContinue reading “I am the old woman – A poem”
My teenage crushes are sooooo old…. Reminiscing
Sitting and listening to some music and I got to thinking about how music brings back memories. People often speak of the soundtrack of their lives. So, I have shared some insights into the music that helped form me and support me through the years. One song in particular has become my anthem. It isContinue reading “My teenage crushes are sooooo old…. Reminiscing”
Podcast interviews anyone keen?
So, for those of you who are new to my efforts and for those of you who are not, I am reaching out to see if anyone can assist me with my podcast. One of the reasons I decided to add a podcast on to my blog, is that I wanted the ability to interviewContinue reading “Podcast interviews anyone keen?”
Hospital, health and Harrahs – a poem and a Podcast
i wrote this yesterday, inspired by being weighed to get me ready for my operation on Monday. I write a lot of my poetry when I am stressed. Sometimes like today, I can be sitting getting blood taken – hey that’s an idea for a poem – and a poem starts to come to me.Continue reading “Hospital, health and Harrahs – a poem and a Podcast”
Two poems – ‘Where is the little boy?’ and ‘Have you seen your mother naked?’ – Podcast
As you can probably tell from the title, these are two very different poems! But, for different reasons, they both make me smile when I read them. I hope you enjoy them both. I have posted these before on this blog, if you want to read them for yourself, just do a search for poemsContinue reading “Two poems – ‘Where is the little boy?’ and ‘Have you seen your mother naked?’ – Podcast”
Pods and Blogs and odds and sods…
As the title might suggest, this is a blog post about many things. Firstly, Podcasts or ‘Pods’ for short. I am enjoying doing the podcasts more than I thought I would. I did my first interview via ZOOM yesterday and posted it on here this morning. Call me biased, but I think they came outContinue reading “Pods and Blogs and odds and sods…”
The good and the not so good of medications
For nearly four months now I have been struggling with at times excruciating pain in my left leg predominantly and at times in my left. I have been on a cocktail of drugs for the whole period and nothing really put a dent in the pain. Apparently, the source of the pain is in myContinue reading “The good and the not so good of medications”
My life and other stuff…
I feel that my life is ever growing and changing. I can see how people who retire say they don’t know how they had ever had the time to work! However, I know that there have been things that I have wanted to do for ages and couldn’t because they were not possible with aContinue reading “My life and other stuff…”
My journey with Parkinsons 