Parkinsons

Posted on April 12, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Anxiety, Balance, Depression, Fear, Health, Mental health, Parkinsons disease, Shaking, Thinking9 Comments

Rather than writing a long post about this I’m just sharing this. I do think a lot about the disease and perhaps need to try and overcome my fears. X

Interesting question?

Posted on April 7, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged 1960's, Character, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1901, Dr Who, female, Fun, Hero, Memory, Thinking, TVLeave a comment

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?

Now that a woman has played Dr Who on TV I would love to play the character. I’ve watched the television series over decades, from the 1960’s. The doctor was always my hero and was one of the things that got me into science fiction.

Suddenly when the doctor regenerated as a female I think it gave young girls the opportunity to imagine themselves fighting daleks and cyber men, having to tackle technical problems and fix mechanical issues. It made her a choice of hero to play as they are growing up. And that makes the show greater than it was although there was a lot of antagonism from some fans. Life changes and why should characters stay the same?

I know I would have fun!

Light, Esther’s prompt.

Posted on April 3, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Esther's prompt, Light, opposite, regret, Sadness, Thinking, Time, weekly challenge, Writing2 Comments

Esther Chiltons weekly prompt was light. As I’m feeling rather sad it bought out a feeling of regret in me:

Light, a rainbow effect, but black? Darkness, hidden, lonely. Why do I want to sit hidden in the dark as the days sparkle around me? Is this my fate? I need to escape into light, but by the time my sad thoughts allow me it will probably be raining. We have been singing “this little light of mine” at choir recently. I need a glimmer of hope. X

Everything

Posted on March 31, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1894, different, doppelgangers, Faces, Life, Thinking, Twins, unique2 Comments

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?

We are all unique, even twins have their own traits. Their fingerprints are different, their hair follicles are not identical. Faces vary because of our genetics but also our physical lives. How external circumstances affect body and mind. We may have doppelgangers but they won’t be exactly the same. We should revel in our differences, appreciate our odd ways, enjoy knowledge and learn from each other.

Some people excel at science, others in the arts. Why not a bit of both, with other skills added to the mix. Unique ideas and resources to make the world a more interesting place?

Our voices are unique but can be copied. Mimics try and speak celebrity words, but a voice print would clarify who was really talking. It’s only things like AI that could truly copy. And that would be a loss to humanity. I think us all being unique is best.

Writing group prompt: A love poem?

Posted on March 24, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Grief, Hubby, Life, Love, Missing him, parting, Poem, Poetry, Prompt, Sadness, seasons, Thinking, writing group2 Comments

You hold my heart in your hands.

Squeeze a little and my heart burns.

Squeeze a lot? Somersaults.

The thumping steadies.

I need blood pressure medication.

Once many years ago we met.

First sight love?

No, it took a while.

No dancing bliss.

I almost gave you a miss.

My first kiss? Shy.

Then you were my guy.

But once it started.

Love and happiness grew.

Blossomed in Spring.

Flowered in summer.

Was gentle in autumn.

But flew away and was lost in winter.

Now love and greif mix.

I can imagine no one else.

But you.

Fern time

Posted on March 23, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Ferns, Flowers, Garden, Imagination, Life, Memory, spring time, Thinking, WallLeave a comment

Ferns are growing in the wall again, catkins are appearing on the trees. My snowdrops have flowered and now the daffodils and helibores are in flower. Soon the tulips will open.

I can’t wait for warm breezes. Marigolds, wallflowers, wisteria and nasturtiums. Blue skies and then the fruit blossoms. The days will be longer and it might help me feel better. I hope the bees and ladybirds arrive soon.

Ice wall?

Posted on March 23, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Circumference, Confused, Discworld, Facebook page, flat earthers, Globe, ice wall, Life, Sphere, Sun, Terry Pratchett, Thinking2 Comments

For some reason I’ve joined a Facebook page where people debate whether the Earth is flat or a sphere. In the last couple of weeks I’ve read some very odd speculations about how the Sun must be close to the earth and the ocean is held on the earth by an ice wall that is attached to it’s circumference.

I was interested because the author Terry Pratchett set his comic fantasy Discworld series on a similar structure. It sits atop four elephants which ride on the shell of the world turtle, the great a’tuin. To be honest his ideas are more sensible than the flat earthers!

It’s a funny and confusing page, although people do get into arguments. The scientific facts about the globe are repeated over and over again, but they are disputed and often completely contradicted by videos that are nonsensical, with descriptions that are very odd indeed.

Why do I read it? Because it makes more sense than what’s happening in the USA at the moment!

Esther Chiltons weekly prompt: Funny moments

Posted on March 20, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Childhood, Esther Chilton, funny moments, Humour, Memory, Prompt, Thinking, Time1 Comment

Esther requested a piece of writing about a funny moment this week and my memory went back to my early childhood…

Thinking of children and what they say and do. I was a young child, probably about 5. I was developing a wart on my thumb and asked my mum what I should do? She told me to rub some bacon on it and bury it in the garden. Some time later she found me outside calling for her, asking if I could come back inside? I’d rubbed the bacon on my thumb then shoved my thumb into the soil! I always have taken things too literally!

Working in a care home

Posted on March 9, 2025March 9, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged carer, coping, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1865, Learning, Memory, older people, Thinking, TimeLeave a comment

What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

Understanding how people cope as they grow older is important to me. I worked as a carer after I finished college for a few years. When you work with people doing the job you learn about aging, mental health issues, loneliness, coping with disability, loss and other issues. You also find that some carers are more caring than others. Some people should not be allowed in to work with clients.

I worked in two different places and the clients were more disabled at the second home, but everyone worked hard to support them. My favourite memories were shows we put on for the residents. One Christmas we did a talent show. I wore a fur coat, tinsel, a home made tutu and blue wellies. I then tried to dance the swan lake ballet, at the end I had someone come on and shoot me with a pretend gun! I came second to two carers miming “sisters” from White Christmas. They were dressed up and were very good, but one of their wigs fell off and I think that’s what won it for them..

When you are on a low wage, part time contract, you really understand how hard life can be and caring for older people teaches you how complex life is.

Alone

Posted on March 8, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged deep feelings, Lonely, Loss, Neighbours, overwhelmed, Sadness, Thinking, Time, Tired, World2 Comments

I look at the bedroom window and see my hubbys cask of ashes there. I tell him it’s a sunny day and I wish he was here. It’s been a while since I’ve felt this low, and I’ve spent most of the day in silence. I spoke to a neighbour and had a brief chat, but that was like a tiny sticking plaster trying to cover over a deep gash in my flesh. It was never going to hold for long.

I’m sitting quietly, the TV is on. I just watched a show where a nurse recently lost her husband in an accident and the tears started filling me up. Like an ocean overtopping flood defences. Now I feel tired out and just overwhelmed with sadness. I need to get out, but I won’t ask anyone. I need to talk but I’m struck dumb, I need to feel better but I feel so low. I’m saying these things here to get them off my shoulders and mind. Things have got to improve, they must.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Thinking