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Packing, Sailing and Arriving

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” William A. Ward Well we are here! The last few days have been challenging, exhausting and exciting – and usually all three emotions … Continue reading →

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Counting the days

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once”  Albert Einstein I have just realised that one week today I am ‘unemployed’; two weeks today we are ‘homeless’; and in under three weeks time we will … Continue reading →

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Making it happen

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

“Think that you have to die someday, maybe this morning.’ ‘I think of it all the time, and so I play hooky from the office and let myself bask in the sun.” from ‘Night Train to Lisbon’ by Pascal Mercier. There’s … Continue reading →

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Completing the Life Laundry stage

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

“Even when one is no longer attached to things, it’s still something to have been attached to them; because it was always for reasons that other people didn’t grasp” Charles Swann I think the Children’s Hospice will soon be able … Continue reading →

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Filling up the skip – and moving a step closer to ‘The Big Day’

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

“The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in … Continue reading →

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