Driftwood

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

.dave.

I'm not looking at you tonight. Oh, all right then.. just a quick peep. Sucked in again. Be brave, mon ami. Just remember, stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.* If this is true, then what does "a prison make?" All sorts of things. I can hear a yawn coming on, but bear with me,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 14, 2006

I am happy today

Things could not be much worse - trust me - but it is a question of balance. Home life is quiet again after considerable turbulence towards the end of last week. In spite of a feeling of marking time, I am filled with compassion for a close friend who is having terrible troubles. I have few friends... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

What's your word for being "legless" - ?

Sparking off 'dave', I thought I'd collect a few terms for being a bit plastered. Here are a few to get you started: a bit full pissed well-oiled three sheets to the wind smashed sloshed sozzled pixilated tired and emotional (somewhat euphemistic) pie-eyed blotto paralytic gone under the table drunk... Sign in to see full entry.

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Pearly Haiku

Thought I'd try something else; also posted in YPunday's haiku blog.... Pearl bivalve concretion prized milky hidden treasure beauty unspoken years and patient years mollusc-borne gem lies dormant buried in sediment oyster-embedded enriched by irritation lustre unperceived many seek, few find pearl... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 4, 2006

Displacement activity

Especially for Dave... Here is a post that almost made it last week, before I hit the back button by mistake and lost everything (as much as I can remember... some sponteneity will be lost...). It was a sequel to Home Alone, because I felt a bit pressured with my schedule at the time. Life changes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Home alone

This post comes out of writing a response to a comment on yesterday's post (we writers all know how one thing leads to another...) Tonight I am still free, untroubled by the world and quietly content in my own company. Before the phone rang and I left my page to answer it, I was thinking it was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Childhood winter

We had early-morning fog here today, and it reminded me of childhood winters home in England. What could be warmer or happier than four small bodies huddled excitedly in a too-high bed, the littlest ones in the middle so they didn't fall out? Christmas at my grandparents' was always like that. We... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

And sleep I did.

I stayed up far too late reading, and morning came too soon. So I went back to sleep, and next time I woke it was early afternoon. I don't believe I've ever done that, not even as a teenager. So what is this? Mid-life catching up on me perhaps. The day, or what was left of it, passed easily enough.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 21, 2006

Four weeks notice

It should be so easy. I can stop work. I can concentrate on my research, see my friends during the day when I am not tired. And then I won't have any independent income. He says I don't need one, it will be ok. Except that I will not want to use his money to fix my hair, do my nails, buy shoes when... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Banoffee twice

A beautiful last day home; almost all the family together for lunch in a sunny garden, all ages from 70-plus to just ten days old. I would have flown 12,000 miles just to hold the new-born, deliciously pink and white and peaceful. Her mother, my niece, was also radiant, and though I may have missed... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

I started this blog in 2006, round about the time my 28-year marriage was unravelling. It was difficult for all concerned, even for my ex who handled the situation about as badly as it’s possible to do. The damage is still emerging, when I least expect it. The children are adults and both now live with their father in Australia. After the divorce, the future initially looked bright. It still does, although there are a number of complications. I have a new relationship to nurture, sometimes thrown into confusion through my daughter’s negativity when she visits. I’m a member of the church choir, which is really important to me. I think I’m happy, apart from those moments of conflict and opposition that we can all do without. Time will tell. To quote William Shakespeare: O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie

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