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The Frank Sinatra method of meditation 2.

If you enjoyed the last blog about the Frank Sinatra method of meditation for beginners, also known as the meditation of six things, here is a guided meditation. Long term readers (hello, if you would like a badge email me … Continue reading

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The Frank Sinatra method of meditation for carers. 1.

I have written about the importance of caring for the carer, because if they go down with ill health brought on by stress the demented cared-for person is utterly stuffed. However, there are some cases in which the carer is … Continue reading

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Holidays for carers.

A fraught subject, I believe. Experienced readers (hello) will know that in the five plus years that I was a carer for my demented mother I never took a day off.  In all the years I was looking after my … Continue reading

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Changing landscapes part 2 of part 3, (or possibly, part 4).

Welcome back, you’re just in time to see the feller demolish the trunk.  Although it looks like a stick from here, if you compare it to the chap standing on what is left of the trunk, you can see it … Continue reading

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Changing landscapes part three.

When I heard the buzz of power tools this morning I thought it was either my neighbour in his garage, or maybe the final end of no mow May on the green. I was wrong. It was April when a … Continue reading

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Plate spinning.

There’s likely to be a bit of radio silence from me for a while; I am sculpting for mould making.  This is one of those disciplines that takes a while on the run up.  I have learned over the course … Continue reading

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Not yoga for the knocking on.

Because I am married to a man we have two gigantic televisions.  He bought the second one for himself, believing the first, which is the size of a rugby team fridge sat on by an overweight hippopotamus, to be inadequate … Continue reading

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Oh ! Computers!

There is such a lot in the news at present about AI.  When it takes over I fear I will be the first against the wall. My father bought a word processor (possibly off the back of a van) because … Continue reading

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How to be happy.

There are many religions and belief systems that will tell you how to live your life.  Many wars have been fought, simply because people believed different things.  Belief is just that, no matter how true you hold your beliefs to … Continue reading

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Life with the undertall.

That would be me, the undertall.  As a child I was small, there were two girls at school in my class similarly sized.  We had ballroom dancing, an absolute requirement for young ladies who would be of marriageable age in … Continue reading

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