Life & Leisure
This is the collection of all the other stories I wanted to share, covering family, love and loss and many things in-between!
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Take your broken heart, make it into art
Meryl Streep’s closing line at the Golden Globes was given to her by her friend, Princess Leia, aka the late Carrie Fisher. It resonated with me, as many times I have wanted to take all the emotion that is in my person and to create something with it. As for…
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Right, before I die
Last year whilst on a trip to Bruges looking at all the usual historic sites, I kept seeing a little poster advert. It was entitled, ‘Right, before I die’ and suggested it was a photographic exhibition. The picture on the poster of an elderly lady along with the juxtaposition of…
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In Demand – the importance of post-divorce dating
There is a song I like from Texas, called ‘In Demand’ – the video featuring Sharleen Spiteri and the late Alan Rickman, being chauffeur driven in a convertible through the night. He plays the role of the demonstrative lover, holding and cosseting a playful Sharleen. The lyrics tell a slightly…
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My Edinburgh Festival Fringe Experience
A Tuesday morning and Carmen my 20 year old daughter and I set off for Gatwick at 5am to catch an early flight to Edinburgh. Everything was effortless on landing – I grabbed a street map off a stall at the airport, we jumped straight onto a tram which took…
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Tribute to my Dad -The Eulogy of Alan Carter
This is the Eulogy that Jason my older brother and I wrote and delivered at my Dad’s funeral. He died Christmas day 2015. It is really wonderful to see so many people that knew and loved my Dad here today. It has been very challenging for Jason and I to…
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