Tag: Writing
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Slumberella
Insomniac stirred by a bladder then a cat. Thoughts circling around mounds of memory vales of worry paths of imaginary future possibility. Desperately searching for Slumberella… She’s waiting casually in the shadows, drawing me in slowly. Finally we embark on a three-minute stand So deliciously seductive and smooth. Then the clock strikes six; Oh but…
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Lessons from… a new series
This year, like every year, I have a goal to read more. I have a growing pile of unread books towering somewhat precariously on top of my small filing cabinet…an almost daily reminder to me whenever I settle down to work in my make-shift home office. Not only that, I also have a virtual pile…
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Bridge
WordPress has started a new thing called #wordprompt where every month I receive an email with (amongst other things) a word prompt from which to write a blog post. This month the word is ‘bridge’. May as well give it a go. I am prompted to write a short poem on something I have been…
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Time to Change Our Socks?
I love the blog post below which I am reposting here following world downs syndrome awareness day earlier this week. It was written over a year ago but speaks to the stigmas which maybe unwittingly reinforced by well-meaning awareness campaigns. In spite of marathons of progress over the years, Downs Syndrome continues to be a…
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Blogging again
Yes. It’s happening. I am recommitting myself (once again) to the craft and discipline of writing an occasional blog. To be fair, the hiatus of activity on my blog is a familiar pattern that I have seen play out in my life with a few other things as well. I get into something. Then I…
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A mundane evening in Covid-times
Sipping mint-liquorice tea, I listen to Ghost Stories Cat and I gaze out of the front window onto a late evening throwing shades of dusk on a cloud-covered sunset that my imagination illuminates I close my eyes, swaying and singing along to True Love Cat looks down with disappointment in her eyes, licks her lips,…
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Abby in OD Wonderland
I originally posted this on my old blog after attending the OD Network Europe (ODNE) conference in 2015. I am happy to republish it again here. What is your story? Once upon a time a kind-hearted and determined woman called Abby won a golden ticket to enter the magical Kingdom of Roffey Park. It sat…