by Susie | Nov 22, 2011 | Articles., Carers Support, Health Issues, In Death, Love poems, Multiple myeloma, Poetry, Uncategorized
I felt it appropriate on this first anniversary to post again two poems written around this time last year. The first, the simple poem “This Rollercoaster Life†was written when I knew and needed to accept that there was no more that could be done for...
by Susie | Oct 8, 2011 | Poetry, Uncategorized
A plethora of colours play a dancing scene in my mind. Prisms of light and dark are the colours of my life. Dark shadows of dripping sadness, bright colours of joy! Heaping together as a jewelled kaleidoscope, reflections of coloured glass, turning and varied like the...
by Susie | Oct 4, 2011 | Amusing Poems, Cooking, Food, Home at Hemingway, Poetry, Uncategorized
Music drifting in modern sounds clinking glasses as wine was found, laughter filled the balmy air the girls looked pretty sitting there. Delicious smells in smoky night candles shimmered in dimming light. Roasted lamb with chopped mint leaves sweet green salad...
by Susie | Sep 20, 2011 | Articles., Carers Support, Health Issues, In Death, Multiple myeloma, Uncategorized
As this month embraces Autumn I recall the September of last year and the wretched struggles of that time. I suppose in retrospect this backward view, this sorrowful indulgence, is something that those bereaved need to do. A kind of summing up as you...
by Susie | Sep 10, 2011 | In Death, Multiple myeloma, Uncategorized, Village
In this peaceful part of the world my beloved lies amongst friends. Under the twinkling night stars of this beautiful small village and during the day nestled in this tranquil setting and in the sight of God is his final resting place. It is right and fitting. Amen....
by Susie | Aug 25, 2011 | Places To Visit, Travel, Uncategorized
Having just returned from an excellent holiday in Sharm El Sheikh Egypt, I could not help but compare how different it was from the Egypt I have known over the years. Modern Sharm which sits at the bottom of the Sinai Peninsula where the stunning dramatic...