Category Archives: Life Stuff
Still here
Hello. I am still here. My finger-nails are not and there are lots of sore bits around the edges where they were but I am still here. I guess I realised that while I was on here, I was thinking … Continue reading
Futility
It’s a heartbreaking thing to watch someone die. My old neighbour was 87 in October. I live in the appartment directly above where he resided for over 11 years. He lost his wife to cancer in the summer of 2007 … Continue reading
Bong …
We heard the church bells donging “Wedding here … This is a wedding!” while we having lunch today and the question came for the first time ever: “Mummy, when did you get wedding’d?” “Oh, Mummy’s never been ‘married’ Poppet” I … Continue reading
Georgian justice
Convicted American Troy Davis had been on Death Row in Georgia, Alabama for over 20 years for the alleged murder of an off-duty police officer. He has always maintained his innocence. His execution had already been stayed three times due … Continue reading
Rekindled
For the last 2.5 weeks I have been lying flat on my back in my lounge. For the last 2 of those 2.5 weeks I have been a disobedient patient and, instead of doing “nothing,” I set up a makeshift … Continue reading
L’s new friend and No Child out of Reach
* Please sign the petition to David Cameron for more health workers here. Thank you. * When the big, fat packet came through the post, we were both excited but I was also a little sad; the girl in Ghana … Continue reading
Moon Rising
* She leaned against the wooden rail and stared out across the fields, suddenly conscious of how much earlier the evenings were falling as she gazed at the sea of maize before her, flowery tips flickering in a deep golden … Continue reading
What to do if a child swallows your medication
Treatment (summary taken directly from St. John Ambulance website) Your aims: To maintain breathing and circulation. To arrange removal to hospital. If the casualty is conscious: Help them into a comfortable position. Ask them what they have taken. Reassure them … Continue reading
