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Rememberance
There are two stones sitting by the side of my bed on the pile of books that are inevitably there. The books represent my life: fiction, poetry, professional journals, travel guides and some articles gleaned from Sunday papers; some already … Continue reading
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Tagged Auschwitz, family history, Krakow, Nazi, Poland, remembering, Singing, World War 2
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Salt, Canterbury: Small plates, big impact
Salt, Canterbury: Small plates, big impact.
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Therapy: The Road less Travelled
Therapy: The Road less Travelled.
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Therapy: The Road less Travelled
I begin with an incident that started me on an important journey. It is a normal school day. I am standing outside the back gate of my house. Around me there is a stream of mothers and children flowing down … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, contribution, families, healing, human consciousness, life skills, meaning making, parenting, personal narrative, philosophy, strategy, survival, therapy, trauma
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I already wear purple… so what shall I do when I grow old?
This photograph is one of four generations of women in my family. My grandmother, born in 1903, my mother, born in 1934, myself, born in 1955 and my two day old daughter, born in 1980. We are all, for the … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Family, family history, Grandparent, independence, inheritance, middle age, National Health Service, purple, purpose, women, World war
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September Walk at Oare
Its still So still No breath of wind No sound at all The marsh exhales damp breath on grasses still glowing with Summer green Last night’s rain lingers still on occasional leaf All around swirling black confetti of swallows Call … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, butterflies, dog, dragonflies, estuary, marsh, memory, moths, september, swallows, walking, water
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Festival Faces of 2013
We have a Hop festival in Faversham the first weekend of September every year. The town is full to bursting with families and young people and old rockers, roast hogs and local cider and beer and pirate morris dancers and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, beer, Belly dance, cider, community, electric folk, faversham, hops, Morris dance, rock
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What does wasted mean? and whose life is it anyway?
This may seem an odd connection but…. I have just finished reading ‘Island Wife’ by the excellent Judy Fairbairns… and finished reading it in a flood of tears. She so richly, truthfully and generously describes her life as the wife … Continue reading
autumn is coming in the marsh
The landscape glows yellow in the late summer late afternoon sun…. in the expanse of the marsh, around the small round pools which fill and empty with the tide, the mauve sea lavender loiters…. autumn is coming…you can smell it … Continue reading
On believing without evidence and why it might be important.
Today what I am thinking about is believing without evidence, which I also call trust…. and love…. and faith. For me they all describe the same thing. For me, they are important and fundamental to fruitful living. Now let me … Continue reading
The First Steps 