Sixty. Unimaginably Sixty.
April 27, 2024 1 CommentImage by Nick Fewings on Unsplash 28 July 2023 Yesterday, 27th July, Mike would have been 60. His birth date – 27 07 1963. My birth date – 27 03 1967. Same digits. Just turned around in a couple of places. I love number patterns, and I always loved that our birth dates had the […]
Read MoreA love letter to my parents
April 27, 2024 1 CommentPhoto my own 28 July 2023 Last weekend my parents had their 60th wedding anniversary celebrations. A little prematurely, in truth, for they were married on 7th September 1963 (“seven nines are sixty three!” being the clever little ditty for each and any one of us who wanted to be sure to remember their special […]
Read MoreWidows Walking in Wild Weather
April 27, 2024 1 CommentPhotos my own 16 July 2023 It is almost fully five years since I wrote a piece called “Widow Walking in Wild Weather”. It’s here: http://www.widowingemptynests.com/2018/09/23/widow-walking-in-wild-weather/ And, potentially lacking in imagination, this piece is called “Widows Walking in Wild Weather”. Plural. Simply because this time it is not just me, but me and fellow widbud, […]
Read MoreEndings, endings, endings everywhere
April 27, 2024 No CommentsMain image by Ben Wicks on Unsplash 9 July 2023 One of my favourite “change” models (and I know quite a few) is that of Bill Bridges – and crucially, it’s called “Transitions”. I love this man’s work for so many reasons – not least because I trained for my first marathon, back in 1997, […]
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