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This Heat

I suspect I have probably written before how taking on too much can affect how efficiently my post stroke brain works. On the whole, over the past few years, I have found out how to […]

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Accessibility

The Pagan Federation Disabilities Team is changing its name. In future, we will be known as the Accessibility Team. I believe that this is a brilliant move, for it’s not just a change of name. […]

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The Dreaded Mobility Scooter

I have always been a great believer in doing what you can for as long as you can. I have the feeling that to stop doing something, even if it can be difficult to continue, […]

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Getting out and about

It was a weekend, the sun was shining, I had nothing to do, so my daughter and I thought we’d go out for the day. We didn’t have a specific idea where but we live […]

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Covid, lockdown and the Jubilee

The estate I live on is probably like many other estates across the city. People busy living their own lives, bustling in and out to work, taking kids to school, fighting to make ends meet […]

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The keeping of lists

I make lists all the time. It started with the simple ones such as what must I remember to do today –  buy milk, put the vacuum round, pay the electric bill. I found out […]

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Coping

Last week I explained the problems I have with my memory. I have come a long way from when I first came home from hospital into the strange new world I now inhabited. I thought […]

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Hidden disabilities

It’s been five years since I had a stroke. In many ways, I am one of the lucky ones – I survived. I haven’t had to learn to walk again, nor how to speak. I […]

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Beltane

I have loved seeing the posts on Facebook of all the people celebrating Beltane – lots of pics of woodlands strewn with bluebells. Glastonbury looked awesome. Did I wish I was there? Yes. Why wasn’t […]

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Memories

I have a regular slot with a pagan magazine. The heading for this slot is Words from the Witch’s journals and I write about – you’ve guessed it – things I have recorded in my […]