Tag Archives: unemployed

Home alone.

Posted on July 20, 2013 by RosieL

The lid came off the other day. Like a loosened champagne cork, loudly and with gusto. My friend was about to go home but first wanted to use the loo. She called out to me that she couldn’t get in … Continue reading →

Posted in accidents, aging | Tagged unemployed | Leave a comment

Flickr – ing.

Posted on April 22, 2012 by RosieL

I’ve been putting some (hundreds) of my trip photos on Flickr. Trawling through them, sorting, fiddling with, listing, uploading, tagging, labelling, admiring. It’s a big project I’ve taken on. I live my days around it. I don’t do it all … Continue reading →

Posted in redundancy | Tagged computer, facebook, flickr, housework, nyc, social networking, travelling, twitter, unemployed | Leave a comment

It’s that time again.

Posted on December 30, 2011 by RosieL

The reflections of the year that’s about to pass are all around. News, pictures, stories, tragedies, disasters, events. What was news makes news again. Lest we forget. I look at the year I’ve just lived and see, easily in my … Continue reading →

Posted in redundancy | Tagged books, housework, idle, nyc, reading, unemployed | Leave a comment

Saved by nanna naps and twitter.

Posted on September 14, 2011 by RosieL

I begin an alarming and new relationship with housework. Cleaning a cupboard out, a smudgy window or the fridge gives a sense of achievement to my days. I have done something constructive. I have justified my day. I develop the … Continue reading →

Posted in redundancy | Tagged housework, online, sleepy, twitter, unemployed | Leave a comment

And there’s a day after that.

Posted on September 13, 2011 by RosieL

The sun rises the next day. You get up before it, as usual. You flick the kettle on, let the dog out, go visit the loo. As usual. It’s cold. You stand by the kettle, waiting, cup in hand, waking … Continue reading →