I’m reading The Change by Germaine Greer, which is her book about women, aging and menopause. I have found that menopause and aging in general about women isn’t talked about much, even among women, and Greer talks a lot about that. Women talk about their periods and their experiences of being pregnant and with childbirth,… Continue reading Facing our minds through menopause
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Books are alive: I’m convinced
Books find me as much as I go looking for them. I have come to believe they are living entities filled with the energy of their creators, including not only their author, but editors, illustrators, graphic designers and publishers. Because of this, more than once, a book has found me at just the right moment.… Continue reading Books are alive: I’m convinced
My father’s house
I sold my father’s house and I feel as if I’ve let him down. I feel as if my last physical connection to him is gone. It’s not rational but that’s how I feel. And I stopped myself from driving by it today. I can’t go in it’s no longer mine, and of course he’s… Continue reading My father’s house
Disappearing death
Sometimes I feel as if I’ve disappeared. When someone I love dies all the moments I shared with them end. I move from being in a life with them to nothing. I end up with nothing. Their energy is gone. I can remember how it felt to be in that space with them for a… Continue reading Disappearing death
A timeless love: Fresh as yesterday
In my sorting and packing, I came across a short story written by a boyfriend from high school. He’d given it to me, writing a short note on the front. That short note brought me right back to that time, and to him. I put the story aside and read it later in my bedroom.… Continue reading A timeless love: Fresh as yesterday
He rests and I transform
Sometimes I sit back and wonder how my world can change so quickly. How I can go from looking after my dad to no longer having one. It seemed to happen in the blink of an eye. And yet it was years that he was slowly fading away, becoming another person both physically and mentally.… Continue reading He rests and I transform
Your Word Goddess 