Originally posted on Wyrd Creativity:
The aim of this assignment was to explore people”s barriers to being creative. It turned out though to develop into how to engage people in creative pursuits as well as how to organise a creative event. I am blessed to belong to a conservation group (Bolton NEWT) who run regular…
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Poem.
Im.reposting this because somehow it got put in December 2014,, probably when I first found this poem. Its so much more relevent today. After a while….. I love this poem by Veronica A Shaftstall After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul. And you learn that love … Continue reading
HELLO
Hello. I’ve just decided to write a blog post for some reason. Two years ten months and eight days since Michael died. ………… I always say ,” died,” I don’t like euphemisms like “past on” ‘,” passed,” ” passed away” passed over ( passed what) “lost” (,do we need a search party ?) They all … Continue reading
MAKE MEMORIES WHILE YOU CAN.
I don’t know if this will ever get published. There are several unpublished drafts here. Why did I stop blogging? I don’t know. Why did I ever blog in the first place? Well it just started off as a nice way to document my trips to Paris, then my life and then as my life … Continue reading
HOW DO I LEARN TO DANCE?……
UN SIX MONTHS LATER. I feel as if I’m functioning on two levels. On the surface I continue as normal. Going about my busy life, laughing, talking, being a grandma, being a friend. Singing in the choir, going away for the weekend. But buried deep, deep within me is a terrible sadness which occasionally bubbles … Continue reading
Grief is a strange thing. I’ve lost people before,. My father, suddenly, when I was 28. My mother, gradually, to Alzheimer’s when I was 53. A bit like childbirth, I think the human psyche, wipes the memory of that pain. And also, like birth every experience is different. What I do remember, … Continue reading
…..WHILE YOU’RE MAKING PLANS.
Sadly Michael died on October 17. this was my eulogy. First, I must thank everyone for the overwhelming cards,flowers,texts,emails and messages of condolence we have received.. I must also pay tribute to our children, who have surrounded me with love and support these past few weeks. His nephew wrote to Victoria ( his daughter) last … Continue reading
LIFE HAPPENS WHILE YOU’RE MAKING PLANS…..
6 months on since I retired. I had plans, I would take a kind of ” holiday” for a few months. I did spend a few days in Paris in May, reuniting with all my Paris friend . Then maybe take a trip, a tour around the UK. All those places id never … Continue reading
MY NAME IS DENISE AND IM A SURVIVOR….
at first I was afraid, I was petrified thinking I could not live without you by my side now I’ve been spending nights thinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong and I learned how to get along. (Dino Fekaris and Frederick J Perren) ———— Looking back now from a perspective of 8 … Continue reading
HERE STARTS THE THIRD AGE
DAY 18 All our lives we plan and look forward to the day we can retire, but on my last day of work i did not have any of the emotional reactions I expected. No tears, no relief, no joy. I was a little sad in the morning, thinking that after 45 years, this would be … Continue reading
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