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Have you ever seen a peacock in full flight?
These images came to me via email, and I have no idea where they came from, but they are so beautiful I wanted to … Continue reading »
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I really appreciate your friendship…
Todays blog is full of quotes for the people who have touched my life in one way or another, who have made me smile when I felt like crying, and who have helped me see the glass half full on the days...
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4 videos to help understand dementia
My paddling and flapping is still interrupting my ability to write personal blogs at the moment, so I will continue to add resources or other material of interest. The Alzheimer’s Reading Room led me...
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Yolanda’s story
Yolanda’s story was first posted on Global Dementia Voices, October 11, 2012 by Kate Swaffer. I felt it important to highlight the stories from that blog here, as it simply didn’t grow wings, and the...
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Response to yesterday
The responses to yesterdays blog were thoughtful and insightful, thank you. You have given me some wonderful ideas and lots of food for thought. Rather than responding to you individually, I decided it...
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Dementia as a gift?
Often I hear others describe the ‘bad’ things that have happened to them as a gift. Whether it is a terminal illness like dementia or cancer, a chronic illness like MS or a crisis like a flood or even...
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Re-thinking who I am
Recently, I have realised more clearly my directness and honesty, and deep desire for people to be honest in response has lost me friends over the years. Hence I’ve been wondering, does this mean I...
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The emotional toll of letting go for a PWD
In a blog comment this week about me handing things over to my BUB, I responded with this; ‘I have had to give up a couple of things this week, and hand the responsibility over to Pete.’ I felt...
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To blog or not about that topic?
This is probably the daily question for many people around the world, especially those of us who are writing about very personal issues! My private blog gets a real blast, where there is no holding...
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The ‘Like’ button
I really want a Like button on the comments my readers make on my blog posts. These days I simply do not have the mental energy to respond to every single comment, which was once a goal of mine. But...
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Young Onset Dementia – Keith Oliver’s Story
This video is the story of one of my global friends, Keith Oliver. He has written a guest blog here before, but this is a valuable way of hearing his story. Thank you Keith for continuing your advocacy...
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Social media, text-speak, dementia… a few thoughts!
In the 7th May email newsletter from the Australian Institute of Management South Australia (AIM); “Just how important it is to use correct grammar is highlighted in the May issue of Management Today....
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The effect of grief
The effect of grief these last few weeks has been that my energy and paddling has not been able to keep up with finding the ideas to write or edit many my own blogs. My draft folder is full, but still...
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Communication and dementia
The only way forward to finish writing a blog today is to write freestyle, in the manner of NaNoWriMo, no judgement, no fear, no set plan, although I will try to edit it before I publish it. Thanks to...
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Spanner man… Victoria
Tuesday is meant to be my day for adding something funny, but I can’t think of anything funny to write, and have run out of homework!! Anyway, a cousin sent me some images from a man in Victoria,...
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Photographs, disAbilities and dementia…
In November 2012 I received this in an email from a friend with dementia: “Hi all, I have a huge problem with names, is there any way that a thumbnail could accompany emails so I know who I’m talking...
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Mary Delaney
Mary Delaney The second twitter friend @manalishis Who signed up to my blog Helping me on my poetry blitz She’s a follow-Friday kind of girl Not sure if she’s a blogger We might get her to yet She...
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Cheeky Maureen Shiells
She’s a little bit cheeky Is Maureen Shiells @MMShiells As I’ve snuck in this poem Hoping desperately I won’t upset my newer followers She is just a little bit more than Interested in dementia Keen...
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Shibley: one of my Imaginary friends
The case of the stolen Mango Not even heard of by many Aussies Perhaps a prank to highlight it It even caught the attention Of dear Shibley My #nolongeranimaginaryfriend Who writes and blogs...
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A poem a day keeps the tweeters at bay!
Thomas Cochran Though I’m not sure if he’s Found me through twitter Started following my blog He has his own blog Called Covered in Beer And this one titled America’s Knitting Underbelly With the...
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