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
Category: Activities
LET’S GO TRIBAL
Foreword: I saw Leaf on Thursday. He was on good form, wolfed down the cherries and biscuits I brought and listened to me waffling on. Occasionally he started to say something which could've turned out to be coherent but then tailed off into indecipherable mumbling. I continued to waffle then a big wave of emotion … Continue reading LET’S GO TRIBAL
WHAT THE HELL?
It's been another of those Covid chaos weeks - utter confusion! U-turns in all directions, revelations, cancelled holidays, more and more whistleblowers with horrible stories. Official websites reporting high levels of adverse effects and deaths from the Covid shots. Massive demos in many countries (over a million attended the peaceful march in London on the … Continue reading WHAT THE HELL?
INSIDE OUT
Thursday came and the sun was shining, thank goodness. I'd been looking forward to our walk with Monty in the hospital carpark and the little grassy area alongside. It seemed a good idea to ring the hospital when I was about to leave the house so they could have Leaf ready for when I arrived, … Continue reading INSIDE OUT
FASCINATING WHAT WE FIND
I'm always distracted when rooting through the office to find a document I'm sure I have but can't remember where to find it. When I came across a photocopy of one of my letters to the Weekly Guardian from 2008, I just had to read it. And, lo and behold, it was about Alzheimer's. SORRY NO … Continue reading FASCINATING WHAT WE FIND
WHEN FATE TAKES OVER
As we know, being a carer for someone living with AD, can be absolutely exhausting. For me, the physical side is taken care of but the emotional roller-coaster is relentless. These last few days, I’ve been feeling numb. Maybe one of the reasons numbness was created was to help us process emotion at a deeper level. To keep thought … Continue reading WHEN FATE TAKES OVER
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
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 …
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 ….?
BEING OUR BEST
Before I get to the point of this week’s post, I have to let off steam. I feel about to explode with frustration and anger, yes anger. SCREAMING IS GOOD FOR US This lockdown is driving us mad. Leaf has become almost imbecilic, not able to understand or carry out the simplest of tasks without … Continue reading BEING OUR BEST
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