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The Rest of My Life: The End of Work
I could have used a lie-in this morning because I slept badly. I was probably feeling a bit wired out on the new 'I no longer have to go to work'...
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The Rest of My Life: Retirement Day!
When my alarm went off at 5:05 am this morning, I switched it off. For the last time! Today was my last day at work. Retirement Day! I went through...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Photographs
I'm going through a final reading of 'Gift' - my memoir about caring for my mother in her final months. I thought I'd post this short section. It's...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (ii)
In spite of her cold, mum had rallied over Christmas and had been much more her old self. The warnings were never far away, though... The rest of...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (i)
Another excerpt from my book about my time as mum's full-time carer during her last months of life. She confounded medical expectations by not only...
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Thanks, Di, for those kind
Posted on Sun, 18 May 2025
Thanks, Di, for those kind words.
...and you would not have been reading this!
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It doesn't exist now. The
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
It doesn't exist now. The works closed down in 1987 - long after I'd left. I don't know why, but probably because it was becoming too costly. Also, the production methods hadn't changed for decades - and they were pretty unhygienic. So maybe...
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I like that play on words
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
I like that play on words with 'blue' in the first line. Fits with what the poem is really about. Some nice images. It's where life starts, after all.
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Keep writing, Jess. You know
Posted on Fri, 16 May 2025
Keep writing, Jess. You know where you're going.
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Thanks, Di. I took this
Posted on Sat, 19 Oct 2024
Thanks, Di. I took this matter up with my brother. He was furious, telling me 'She's really overstepped the mark this time.' He went off, raging, promising to sort it. I almost expected what happened. A few days later, he came back and said...
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Thanks, Di. Yes, she was a
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Thanks, Di. Yes, she was a special person - for many more reasons than just being my mother. She had to be strong to get through those years with dad (bless him - he was a good man, but damaged). Then to have all those health problems in later...
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A magic that all too quickly
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
A magic that all too quickly passes. Mind you, some of us never grow up!
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I sneeze at sunlight, too.
Posted on Sat, 05 Oct 2024
I sneeze at sunlight, too. In fact, I enjoy the sensation of sneezing so much that I deliberately blink at the sun in order to sneeze. Sadly, this led to a tear in my left retina earlier in the year, resulting in a 'floater' in my eye that's...
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I bought some biscuit
Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2024
I bought some biscuit-flavoured tea bags. Tasted like sick!
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'I really don't like eating
Posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2024
'I really don't like eating food with other people.' Same here. Even the cat has to turn away.
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