There’s no denying it, the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease can be more than a normal human being can tolerate and cracks will inevitably begin to appear in the carer's armour. Teetering on the edge of an outburst is not good for the immune system, which we're busy looking after at the moment, as we should be, … Continue reading HARD LESSONS
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FRANKLY SPEAKING
I’m out on the terrace writing this – the snug is dark and I spend too much time in there anyway. Now we’ve reached the solstice and we’re told we must expect a very hot summer – let’s hope it ripens the tomatoes! I’m glad there’s a light breeze out here. It’s time for a break although holidays … Continue reading FRANKLY SPEAKING
ONCE A YEAR
This has been a wonderful weekend for us. I can’t remember when we last had one! It was my birthday and Leaf’s brother and sister-in-law, Roger and Carole, came to stay. During and since the lockdown, Leaf has been pretty low and needed a big uplift to help make up for the weeks of ‘social distancing’ and … Continue reading ONCE A YEAR
A LEGAL CHALLENGE
(Firstly, apologies for the weird layout of this page and misalignments, I have been having trouble with the edit facility.) My lovely husband's condition worsens by the week now and I think I can say that he's becoming delusional. I can't come up with a more appropriate word, even though it sounds way over-the-top. Someone … Continue reading A LEGAL CHALLENGE
OOPS!
I am hoping to get this page fully accessible to English-speaking people living in France, if I can get the translate facility to work. Action collective Le droit de soigner & d’être soigné Agir pour la liberté de prescription de tous les médecins Ne laissons pas les malades sans traitement. #Chloroquine #Bithérapies #Covid19 Inscriptions ouvertes Les Actions collectives : Procédure de blocage de … Continue reading french legal challenge COVID 19
TAKING CARE OF …
What’s in a word? How often we hear that. Many words have multiple denotations and connotations. And the words we stress in any sentence, can completely alter the meaning usually within a given context. Example: We drove to London …. they drove somewhere else. We drove to London …. they took the train. We drove … Continue reading TAKING CARE OF …
LONG DIVISION?
These last few months have taught me many things. Things I hadn’t thought I would need to learn, at least not yet. Today I’m concentrating on separation and division. Living through enforced isolation has highlighted how much disability separates us, especially if our handicap is mental. A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Leaf is the fittest … Continue reading LONG DIVISION?
WHO SHOT LIBERTY ….?
Leaf and I think of NAOMI KLEIN as a top-class independent investigative journalist. We’ve read all her books and would recommend them to anyone who really wants to understand some of the most disturbing developments of the modern age. She gets to the heart of contentious issues with extensive research and high-level source material along … Continue reading WHO SHOT LIBERTY ….?
LOCKDOWN BOTTOM
Hurray, super, wonderful, great – tomorrow is D Day! We’re out of lockdown! CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION With restrictions, of course. Here in France, we’ve been told – although the finer points can change, as ever – that we can travel up to 100km from our homes, as the crow flies. Are we meant to check that … Continue reading LOCKDOWN BOTTOM
NO FEAR!
Greetings from Crazy Cottage! Little did I know when I jokingly named our house that it would turn out to be just that. Leaf gets crazier by the day, his confusion is epic and if this lockdown continues or comes back, he will flip, I’m sure of it. I need to get that live-in carer … Continue reading NO FEAR!
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