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Tag Archives: Kate Bush
An Inelegant Deficiency: Anxiety, Writing, & Loss
“It’s an act of faith. It’s going on when you no longer believe. It’s walking right into that wilderness.” – Natalie Goldberg, “Wild Mind” “I’ve had an elegant sufficiency, and anything else would be flippity floppity.” – my mum-in-law What … Continue reading
Posted in grief, mental health, Nostalgia, Writing
Tagged ageing, anger, anxiety, bereavement, cats, grief, Kate Bush, loss, mental health, Natalie Goldberg, nostalgia, poetry, Wild Mind
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Leaves Like Shoppers – a Poetic Blog
“All the tree knew was that it thrilled with life” – Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology The picture above was taken earlier today. I happened to be taking photos of the garden when Al – aka the Cat Who … Continue reading
Posted in cats, Nature, Poetry
Tagged autumn, bipolar, birds, Cancer, cats, folk, Kate Bush, mood disorder, National Poetry Day, nature, poetry, spoken word, the Dubliners, trees, writing
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Cat Tray v Blue Sky
“Put your hand over the side of the boat / What do you feel?” Kate Bush, “The Coral Room” Warnings: Grief, cat tray as metaphor, & potentially graphic descriptions of feline behaviour. Unlike Kate, I can’t hear my mother singing. … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, grief, mental health
Tagged bereavement, bipolar, blogging, cats, Doctor Who, grief, Kate Bush, mental health, Mindfulness, nostalgia, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, writing
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Like the Green Bay Tree
“It is good, and not evil, which flourishes like the green bay tree.” – Unknown This is about the town of Doncaster, some overdue apologies, and a good man named Colin, who died last week. About the right to mourn, … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Cancer, mental health, Nostalgia, Writing
Tagged bereavement, bipolar, breast cancer, Colin Joy, creativity, Doncaster, grief, history, Kate Bush, local history, Peter Gabriel, writing
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