After eighteen months of producing an article a week based on Leaf's wordplay writings WAYS WITH WORDS (WWW), I'm now ready to move onto the next stage. It was his dream to publish in book form. With around fifty articles, not only humorous but informative and with reader challenges in many cases, I'm optimistic (scroll … Continue reading WRITING ADVENTURES
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A HIKE IN MEMORY
Leaf would've been 77 on Monday (6th) and I'd planned a excursion to scatter his ashes on his birthday but it wasn't possible so it was the next day when, with three girlfriends who'd known him well, I set off from Mont D'Astarac in bright sunshine that lasted all day. LILI, SHERPA MICHELLE AND JANE … Continue reading A HIKE IN MEMORY
AND LIFE GOES ON …..
2024 A NEW CHAPTER It's a year ago Leaf finally moved on. It seems ages and yesterday. Time is so deceptive, particularly at the moment. He's still with me in spirit and in my heart and there's no getting away from his influence and creativity (not that I would want to). I'm so grateful to … Continue reading AND LIFE GOES ON …..
A VERY SPECIAL TREE
There are those of us who have always celebrated our birthdays and those who dread them - for whatever reason. Leaf and I acknowledged them and, in the case of the 'round' ones and the 'middle' ones, as we called them, would have a party. As a rule, we dissuaded present-giving but if people were … Continue reading A VERY SPECIAL TREE
PASTURES NEW
A NEW AND EXCITING ERA I've just read through my last post 'THE FINAL CHAPTER' written in January, to remind myself of how I was feeling back then. It was very hard to relive the last moments of Leaf's life but I needed to. In the Comments, a follower, Susan Edwards - Hi Susan - … Continue reading PASTURES NEW
THE LAST CHAPTER
My beloved Leaf passed over at 05.20 on the 18th December. LEAF AS WE WILL REMEMBER HIM The time since has been a blur of confusion from which I am doing my best to achieve some sort of equilibrium. FLOATING DEPARTURE For all those who knew and loved him and those who have faithfully followed … Continue reading THE LAST CHAPTER
OUCH!
It may appear that I've abandoned DOODAH, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I've simply had little to say now that Leaf is out of my direct care. However, an event a couple of weeks ago reminded me of how difficult life had become prior to his move to the dementia ward in … Continue reading OUCH!
CRUNCH-TIME
I can't believe it's five months since Leaf broke his leg. They've hurtled by as they do these days. Three weeks ago the assessment was due and I was called to the hospital. Even with regular physio, Leaf hadn't made sufficient progress learning to walk again. With that advance warning, I didn't sleep well, but … Continue reading CRUNCH-TIME
ACCIDENTS WILL …
How life can turn on a sixpence! One minute we're coasting along, the next, dramatic news can barge in and we have to rise to whatever has been thrust at us. Since my last post, Leaf's life has changed. He fell and broke his leg - the femur up near the ball-and-socket of his left … Continue reading ACCIDENTS WILL …
CHRISTMAS 2022
HOW LIFE GOES ON The postal strike in the UK and general communication uncertainties have prompted me to come up with a long-overdue DOODAH post. Not long overdue because of laziness but, mainly, because I'm no longer Leaf's carer and much of his life is behind the locked doors of the dementia unit. Those doors … Continue reading CHRISTMAS 2022
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