Uncharted Territory
November 2, 2024 No Comments28 March 2021 All photos my own, taken 27 & 28 March 2021 Yesterday I had my 54th birthday. An age Mike never made. He made 53 and 8 ½ months-ish. I was aware, to the date, 8th December 2020, when I became the age, to the actual day, that he died. Every day since […]
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November 2, 2024 4 CommentsMain Image by Denis Oliveira on Unsplash 22 March 2021 Anyone who reads these blogposts and/or asks me how I am doing and waits for the pause while I run my eyes over their face, my ears over their voice, my brain’s interpretation system over their written words to assess for “checking in” or “real […]
Read MoreCrumpling Face Like No Other
November 2, 2024 1 CommentImages of Geraldine Chaplin from “The Crown” taken by myself 14 March 2021 I continue to watch “The Crown”, at the rate of one or two episodes a week. I started in January and perhaps I will have finished all four series by the end of April if curfews would kindly stay in place. Every […]
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November 2, 2024 No CommentsMain image on Unsplash by Engin Akyurt 8 March 2021 I have a daily gratitude writing practice that started at the beginning of 2020. Megan had given me a gratitude diary for Christmas in which it was suggested you write five things that you had to look forward to that day, then one thing at […]
Read MoreWhy her? Why him? Why now?
November 2, 2024 No CommentsMain image by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash 1st March 2021 Medjool has a precious childhood friend – let’s call him Yves – who is still very much a presence in his life today. To say that Yves is spiritually aware, spiritually curious, even spiritually provocative, would be an understatement. I am not privy to much […]
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