Black, the Christmas Dog
October 21, 2025 1 Comment22 December 2021 I cannot find the picture that Julia drew for this piece of work. It was beautiful. A black dog called Black, with Christmas Tinsel tied around his neck. WordPress puts up its own picture, apparently. Once upon a time there was a dog called Black. Black was as black as night. Black […]
Read MoreFlowering Unapologetically
October 21, 2025 1 Comment20 December 2021 Main Image on Unsplash by Roksolana Zasiadko. Other photos my own from this weekend – French Jura I am a subscriber to Megan Devine’s weekly and monthly writing prompts. I always read them, even if I don’t often write into them. But this week I want to write into one of the […]
Read MoreIn Conversation with Madiba
October 21, 2025 No CommentsMain image by Ashim d’Silva on Unsplash 13 December 2021 Some of the more woo-woo stuff I get up to is “Journey work” (The Journey®). I first came across Brandon Bays, and her book, “The Journey”, in Autumn 2009, and fell in love with it. Over the next few years, I attended about 30 days […]
Read MoreBeautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Widows
October 21, 2025 2 CommentsPhotos from Soaring Spirits International 3 December 2021 I got my first Christmas card two days ago. Not quite in November, but almost. It stunned me in myriad ways. Firstly, I am staggered I even receive Christmas cards anymore. I don’t send any. I used to, in the life before, but I don’t now. Or […]
Read MoreGrief of Tsunamic Proportions
October 21, 2025 3 CommentsImage by David Cleverley on Unsplash 27 November 2021 I don’t know how to begin this piece. I don’t know what will be in the middle. And I don’t know how it will end. In truth, I usually don’t know the middle or end of a piece before I start writing. This will horrify any […]
Read MoreYou’re Allowed Fifteen Minutes
October 21, 2025 3 CommentsImage by Avesun 21 November 2021 About six weeks ago, on a Monday morning, I woke up crying and sobbing. I was having a beautiful and stunningly hard dream. It happens. Quite a lot. Whenever I dream of Julia. I dream of Julia much more often than I dream of Mike. Always have done. I […]
Read MoreMourning and Evening Glories
October 21, 2025 1 CommentMain image by Erda Estremera on Unsplash. Other photos our own (plus PhotoShop). 15 November 2021 A couple of weeks ago, on 3rd November, I felt moved to celebrate a different kind of anniversary. The three-year anniversary of my widbud group, the “Mourning Glories”, comprised of Charlotte, Gordon, Michelle, Pamela and me. We met in […]
Read MoreA Run of Good Luck?
October 21, 2025 3 CommentsMain image by Amy Reed on Unsplash 6 November 2021 I have been wanting to write something about numbers, number patterns, and time, for a while. And specifically that I couldn’t help but notice, some three or four weeks ago, that I hadn’t had another “significant loss” for a while. I feel blessed. No new, […]
Read MoreFrom Pandemic to Endemic
October 21, 2025 No Comments30 October 2021 Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash I read a McKinsey article this morning called “Pandemic to Endemic: How the world needs to learn to live with COVID-19”. The article is basically about, erm, learning to live with COVID-19. That COVID-19 is something that is not going to go away. That it […]
Read MoreI Can Do Heavy
October 21, 2025 No CommentsImage by Stephen Mabbs on Unsplash 22 October 2021 Today I had a two-hour slot scheduled with a man called Simon Geoghegan, who, like me, is a participant in a learning programme. We are learning to facilitate Systemic Constellations work in organisations, led by the formidable Caroline Ward. Simon and I first met at a […]
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