Mary Delaney The second twitter friend @manalishis Who signed up to my blog Helping me on my poetry blitz She’s a follow-Friday kind of girl Not sure if she’s a blogger We might get her to yet She thinks about Stuff And people like Bob Dylan and Sebastian Cabot And a bit keen on Scotland Thankfully She led…
Shazza (the dazza?) The first amazing person To take up my crazy offer Who bravely blogs at Deaths and Taxes And tweets @ShazzaHudson Truly made my yester-day A personalised poem For every new follower She writes about academia As if it is essential to being ‘heard’ Sadly she is right No-one listens to you Without…
My idea of a Saturday After a very busy week Although the shift workers May not agree Today Saturday All I want to do Is sleep!
A delightful virtual friend of mine, Pippa Kelly (@piponthecommons) wrote this interesting blog titled Word Games which takes the language debate of a few weeks ago further. My blogs around that time sparked some very interesting conversations; for those of you catching up, go and read the blogs I wrote around that same time along with the numerous very useful comments. Following…
4 Time-Saving Social Media Tips was blogged on a terrific blog Live Write Thrive that I started following recently written by Susanne Larkin. For the writers out there, Susanne’s blog is extremely useful. There are a few people in my circle who I feel sure will find this blog interesting! They know who they are, wonderful people like the TTG…
If anyone has a cat or two, and allows them to sleep on the bed with you, this map will make a lot of sense! We even purchased a King size bed when we went from one to two cats, and still have trouble finding space to sleep! And this challenge has barely changed since…
A new sign Rests above this poem “Keep calm and Don’t fall over” For falling over Is my latest new trick Not like in the circus But down the stairs Or over my own feet A new clumsiness Changes in my vision Increasing the worry factor For one very dear husband And renewed feelings Of stupidity Even…
Living Well with Dementia: The Importance of the Person and the Environment for Wellbeing by Shibley Rahman. Please consider this very important new release by a dear friend of mine. The fact he is a friend has nothing to do with my wanting to promote it, in fact quite the opposite. I’ve been more critical…
A Conference Call in Real Life
This gave me a wonderful giggle! Of course, there might be a few out there who might Photoshop the speech bubble to say ex-wife, e-boss, ex-girlfriend/boyfriend, ex-neighbour?????????
On the weekend, I watched an English program called ‘Wallander’, one we’ve seen previously, that is playing again on Foxtel. The challenge of TV entertainment in this house, especially for my darling husband, is we’ve seen many things before, and although some have an odd scene that I recognise, or a vague familiarity, many times they…
I read this very interesting article Surviving Anxiety recently, and decided to introduce it here. Until the symptoms of dementia appeared in my life, I had not really ever experienced anxiety, and this story explains well how challenging it must be to live with. One comment by Stossell really resonated with me: “To some people, I may…
t e a r d r o p . a tear falls upon her cheek then another and another there is nothing she can do no end to the tears inside her heart the expression of her deep sadness her mind awash with fear and dread of the internal drought that is to become her…
Thanks to Younger Onset Dementia and Me, I have been introduced to this 2014 publication from Scotland. I have copied this text from their blog. Younger people with dementia :living well with your diagnosis This publication has been written in discussion with people who have a diagnosis and their families. It includes information that they felt was…
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