We’ve weathered this week’s storm – of one sort or another - as Leaf continues to do the craziest of stuff: emptying drawers, pulling things apart, refusing to take his prostate medicaments or go to bed and making a mess with his food. Two letters waiting to go the post were opened and contents removed – … Continue reading CROSSING FINGERS
Category: Personal
SURRENDER
It’s been a crazy week, a week of medics, revelations and decisions. But first, what has Leaf been up to? Well, apart from calling me nasty names and generally assassinating my character, he’s hidden more stuff – must I clear the house? Another two doors have to be locked at night. He gets up before me, having … Continue reading SURRENDER
UNLEARNING
It has become very clear to me that Leaf is in a process of unlearning. It’s as though swathes of basic information are being deleted from his brain. This is happening in a variety of ways. It’s strange and disquieting to witness his inability to decode correctly the information he’s receiving into a coherent environment. Rationality no longer … Continue reading UNLEARNING
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
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!
A HORRIBLE WAY TO GO
Now we have Covid19 and care homes are in the news. Several people have raised the possibility with me. How do we feel about the subject? Both my grandparents on Daddy’s side, died at home. At home being with us – Grandad died in his mid-sixties from a heart attack, Granny in her late seventies … Continue reading A HORRIBLE WAY TO GO
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