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For These Small Mercies

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Today’s post is unusual in that I began to write it as a normal, diary-type, blog post in which, after writing the first sentence, I recognized its potential as a poem! For that reason, it will also appear on my … Continue reading →

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the guilt trip of an involuntary social inactivist…

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

 As a life-long socialist*, I first joined the Labour Party in 1960 and, involvement in various campaigning groups on the internationalist/ social justice/ socialist spectrum swiftly followed. Unfortunately, health problems have, for more years than I care to remember, prevented … Continue reading →

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attempted exorcism by written word

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

  It’s almost as if the legions of gremlins are on the warpath again, some kind of vendetta against me. Sometimes I’ve found that expressing my hopes, aches, pains and fears in a quite open way, laying myself vulnerable, affects … Continue reading →

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one helluva night – with tears to follow

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

  Well that was one helluva night! No, I don’t mean it was brilliant or enjoyable, indeed the opposite would seem to apply. For a large section of the night, which should have been spent either at rest or asleep, … Continue reading →

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Of HEALTH and TAINTED VIRGINS

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

I’m currently re-discovering how an element of anxiety exacerbates, to a considerable extent, the symptoms of a chronic illness. On this occasion the anxiety is caused by the inept and dilatory response of Virgin Media to a known issue which … Continue reading →

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and ache becomes pain – literal & metaphorical

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

and ache becomes pain – literal & metaphorical   I wrote, quite recently, about the difficulty of defining / distinguishing an ache from a pain. This morning, sundry expressions of the former were, rather rapidly, transformed into examples of the … Continue reading →

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Lost for Words

Posted on April 1, 2017 by

It’s one of those times when language seems to be somewhat limited, lacking in pertinent words to describe a particular mode of being. What I have been experiencing, earlier today, is an intense discomfort that not only induces nausea but, … Continue reading →

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