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Category Archives: Family
Blog 141 – 1.8.21. Get out the sunscreen, it’s time for a really sore butt.
OK. I get it. It’s my time for some serious butt-kicking… i.e. being on the end of it. OK Miss Pollyanna….can you cope now? Continue reading
Blog 100 – 20.12.17. I shop, therefore I am…
It’s the end of term at St.W’s primary school (where I volunteer) today…we had a party, and the Yr 2s (6-7 year olds) are very happy and looking forward to Christmas. For some reason there was a pile of Argos … Continue reading
Blog 98 – 16.11.17. Edinburgh wheelchair adventure…..
On Monday this week, my mum and I went on an adventure. She’s 90. She looks after herself and is a very joyous person. Unfortunately, with me as her wheelchair pusher, she was in for a bumpy ride.
Blog 95 – 1.10.17. Camino 4 – Camino Family…
Family is not like friends…you don’t choose family…they are just there. Everyone says ‘Hola!’ or Buen Camino! as they pass you on the Camino…you can choose not to engage of course, but if you find you have a common language … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise/Walking/Physiotherapy, Family, God, Good Life, talking to strangers, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Camino de Santiago, The Camino, walking, writing to God
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Blog 88 – 6.8.17. On the train
I remember thinking this before…maybe it was when someone else died…I could see myself on a train…and on this train I’m chugging along and I’m looking out the window and people get on and I am with them and after … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Change, Family, Gratitude, Looking for the Good, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged British values, companions, Grief/loss, moving to another country, Train journeys, Troy
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Blog 81 – 21.6.17. All will be well…
It’s quite rare to get a really decent summer in the UK…Wimbledon (starting week after next) is invariably marked by torrential rain…that’s how you know it’s July.
Posted in Amazing World, Cats, Everyday Life in London, Family, Fun/Humour, God, Gratitude, Inspirational, Looking for the Good, Optimism, Uncategorized
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Achilles Blog 56 – 6.10.14. My own Walter Raleigh….and Florence Nightingale
I did it….went out with nothing else but my gym clothes and walked the 2 miles to the gym. And back again. On the way I found a workman with a pile of cement and a cement-y puddle of water … Continue reading