Travels of an addled brain to somewhere near normality whatever that might be when it's at home.
Saturday, 25 February 2023
Three Months On
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Where Is Everybody?
My best friend died in November last year and I was his live-in carer. He has a huge family in the same town and none of them, except a couple of notable exceptions, who supported Billy for years, has called, texted, nor contacted me on social media since he died nor since the funeral.
Monday, 6 February 2023
Universal Credit Blues Part One
I am preparing for a telephone appointment about Universal credit. I was sent a text today informing me that the call is this afternoon and I'm expected to magically come up with forms of ID I don't have in about an hour or so.
Friday, 27 January 2023
Bide Laundryand Cleaning Products
Amelia Gammon had already been on a personal mission to adopt a greener lifestyle for more than a decade before launching bide in March 2020.
Having made the switch to using many eco alternatives to household essentials herself, she knew that these types of products needed to become more accessible and affordable before they could become mainstream.
Amelia originally began curating boxes of existing green cleaning products. But a little research showed many of the brands behind them were not as ethical as they might appear from the labels.
So, bide began producing their own products, which Amelia saw as an opportunity to help empower people who often face barriers to work.
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Famous Last Words Billy 1959-2022
Billy said this to me as I left the living room to make the bed and sorted the laundry He didn't get to have the prawn salad
Sunday, 1 January 2023
Interview with Penny Hawkins (hospice nurse)
I was with Billy as he was dying. It is comforting to know that I was there for him through palliative and end-of-life care.
Billy asked me not to go to his funeral as I would be expected to be sociable with people who didn't spend time with him when he was alive.
The link to the interview is HERE
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
My Best Friend Just Died