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I am missing mushy peas 26 Sep 2012 | 12:02 am
"Yorkshire caviar", a British Comfort Food "Fish and chips without mushy peas? That's just not right!" Seven-plus years into my life in the USA, and people are still asking me what I miss about Engl...
Christine's Memorial 10 Apr 2012 | 06:44 pm
Honouring grundoon "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted...
A Song For Christine 30 Mar 2012 | 06:42 pm
After a seven-year fight with breast cancer, Christine finally passed very peacefully at around ten to three this afternoon. I will miss her enormously. There is no apology in this - I love her still....
Caregiver Syndrome 27 Mar 2012 | 01:41 pm
Me: Why am I so tired? Christine: Where would you like me to begin? "Elderly caregivers are at a 63 percent higher risk of mortality than noncaregivers in the same age group"¹ "Researchers likened e...
Positive Caring 27 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am
On reflection, my last post was a tad unbalanced. It is a hard row to hoe, I admit, but I recognise that there are positive aspects, and I feel the need to address those now. I've done venting and fee...
The Angry Carer 21 Jan 2012 | 08:36 am
Scared? In shadow? You bet. A few months ago, Christine gave me the book Grace and Grit to read. The author, she said, is quite the philosopher. "Good", I thought, this will do me the power of good; ...
On taking a new direction 3 Jan 2012 | 06:58 pm
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" - Tolstoy, Anna Karenina A man in our men's group recently described a few aspects of his family. He has come to realise...
It's been a while... 28 Dec 2011 | 06:04 pm
Actually, it's been far too long. Several people have asked me what's going on in my life, and I have been saying things along the lines of "Semper in excreta sumus solum profundum variat". Which is n...
On Ladybirds and Lymph Nodes 16 Feb 2010 | 01:36 pm
It's Spring in the Sacramento Valley. There are several reasons why I know this to be true. For one thing the sun climbs quickly to a height close to UK summer standards, which allows the moderate chi...
How Many Shoes? 30 Jan 2010 | 01:11 pm
"Fiver?", said the rabbit. "Why's he called that?" "Five in the litter, you know: he was the last..." Rabbits can count up to four. Any number above four is hrair - "a lot", or "a thousand". "Waiting...
