Jane Hyphen
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In the Bath
I’m always in the bath. Preferring my reflection all distorted on the taps. Preferring the wet water to the droughty winter air. I’m friendly with...
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Parcel for You..Part 18
Spencer was staring intently out of the kitchen window, moving his head to focus on the treetops and then back down to the lawn. ‘Three blackbirds,’...
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Productivity is Dead
Productivity is dead We should slow the hell down And enjoy being alive instead Bill Gates talking about AI The white collar workforce shrinking away...
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We Watched from the Shore
We watched from the shore, is he really on board? There’s no sign of him on land or sea or yet behind this sealed sky. He is behind our eyes, as a...
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Parcel for you..Part 17
Vanessa breathed a huge sigh of relief as Pat and Stu pulled away and disappeared down the street. Charlie trotted up to the front door and leaned...
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I hope something can be done
Posted on Fri, 23 Feb 2024
I hope something can be done to minimise this lady's suffering. You're correct about dogs; when my dog reached the end I was very careful to detach myself emotionally so that his suffering was minimal. I'm with you on TKMaxx, I'm not near one...
Read full commentPosted in NIAMH.
A mosaic of eclectic humour,
Posted on Tue, 20 Feb 2024
A mosaic of eclectic humour, like looking at a handful of colourful photographs held together with a theme, getting older?
Read full commentPosted in Afternoons Without Spoons
Very powerful as others have
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Very powerful as others have said. The idea of violence perhaps a more uplifting and empowering respite from the grief, especially since your daughter's death was avoidable. I can imagine the twists and turns of anger being straightened,...
Read full commentPosted in Killing the killers
I've had a few of those
Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024
I've had a few of those nights this winter. Hot water bottles, thermal tops, a cat behind my legs that doesn't want to move. You can't beat a hot water bottle, even the smell of them makes me feel warmer. As children we called them 'hottlepottles...
Read full commentPosted in Feeling to find it
I try to keep the boiler on
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
I try to keep the boiler on side, Di, I flatter it with compliments. My mum has one of those ancient boilers which never breaks, although she's been told it will be condemned. The bathroom is where the brain is, I like that idea. I leave it there...
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It's really interesting to
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
It's really interesting to hear these accounts from people who have inside experiences. It sounds like your son is settled in his new career and can call upon his broad experience of travelling and teaching.
Turlough's description of what...
Read full commentPosted in After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)
What a difficult situation.
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
What a difficult situation. You can only do what is humanly possible and thankfully there are suitable facilities for people who need more intense and complex care than loved ones can themselves provide. What a lovely photograph of her. She is...
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Lack of joined up thinking,
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
Lack of joined up thinking, that's so true.
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I couldn't agree more. I can
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
I couldn't agree more. I can only imagine that they're one thought deep. My partner was watching some YouTube video featuring Bill Gates speaking about increased productivity for blue and white collar workers and it sounded so out of date even...
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I admire the way you have
Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024
I admire the way you have woven the drama and terror of the dreamer with the immobile physical self, lifeless, perhaps perspiring in sleep. It's got me wondering where I'll go tonight in my dreams, the hidden room, the toilet with no door?
Read full commentPosted in "Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)
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