Category Archives: life

Yes, it wearies us.

Posted on April 2, 2021 by RosieL

If you’ve read only a few of my posts, you’ll have realised my obsessions. Even the ones I’m ashamed of. I dwell on family and health and broken bones and friendships and ageing and dying, amongst other things. Oh, yes. … Continue reading →

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Catch me if you can.

Posted on August 16, 2020 by RosieL

And so the world turned some more. COVID19 turned too. Wriggled a bit, stretched, and perhaps was heard to say, “Run, run, run as fast as you can, you’ll never catch me….” * And across our state, the numbers increased … Continue reading →

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Shirley Temple’s ears

Posted on May 9, 2020 by RosieL

My grandson stopped me in my tracks in the middle of our game with a stinging rebuke. “NanNan,” he said, severely, “stop clapping like John Denver does.” I was mortified, understandably. But I didn’t argue the point, or rise up … Continue reading →

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That time I almost didn’t cry.

Posted on February 12, 2017 by RosieL

The room was still and quiet. My sister was dozing again, or maybe just closing her eyes against me so she could think. I felt the tears spill out and their tracks down my cheeks. I felt them drop silently … Continue reading →

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Have you been waiting long?

Posted on March 10, 2016 by RosieL

You look away and it’s just for a minute, really that’s what it seems like, and then you look back again. And when you look back again, for no other reason than the idlest of curiosity, you see it’s been … Continue reading →

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What happens when you’re busy making other plans.

Posted on December 15, 2013 by RosieL

There was a time, an era maybe, when John Lennon’s lyric “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”* was widely quoted within the circles I moved. It was not really the most original of thoughts … Continue reading →

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Of mice and …. pigeons.

Posted on March 18, 2013 by RosieL

My auntie is very happy about the new Pope. “He’s just what we need,”she says with great enthusiasm. Although she was a bit keen for the Filipino candidate to get up. She tells me he’s a karaoke singer and a … Continue reading →

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