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Coral Jane
Once upon a time I was an artist living on the beach somewhere in Devon. Since then there have been many changes in my life...
Coral Jane Macpherson
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Killing the killers
Not for the faint-hearted. Just a way of releasing the anger regarding the preventable death of my daughter resulting from the side effects of a drug now known to be responsible for over 400 deaths a year.
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AND SO IT IS
And so it is as a planet mourns and the grey sleepless days and nights of grief and isolation build to an inevitable crescendo In Spring, the daily...
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Blue
The recent loss of my firstborn has brought back the pain of another loss...
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Branwell Clinic
As I'm finding it difficult to write at the moment, I will continue to let my daughter Julia (Overthetop1) live on through her own writing, until I am ready. Coral Jane (seashore).
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One-armed combat
Yet another of Julia's posthumous pieces (Overthetop1). Hard-hitting, but that's the way she was.
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So pleased for you Terry (and
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023
So pleased for you Terry (and for me and my girl too) x
Read full commentPosted in You Never Said
No you may not be fine, but
Posted on Thu, 20 Oct 2016
No you may not be fine, but your description of not being fine, resonates.
I'm not fine either by the way.
Read full commentPosted in Anxiety
Thank you for alerting me to
Posted on Sun, 19 May 2024
Thank you for alerting me to this Terry. Now I know you better, reading snippets from your childhood fascinate me. The very mention of nuns sends shivers down my spine as in my early 20s I was sent to a convalescent home run by these terrifying...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage
Reminds me of Julia or Sarah
Posted on Thu, 02 May 2024
Reminds me of Julia or Sarah - maybe both. Julia had the vinyl copy for sure. Bowie and wife 1 lived a street away from where Sarah lives now.
Those were the days pre the advanced technology we struggle with in the 21st century.
Read full commentPosted in Turn and Face the Strange
Well done Golden Boy. Much
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Well done Golden Boy. Much enjoyed.
Read full commentI wonder how long storks survive and what happened to the one who delivered me to my unwilling mother?
Its ghostly presence haunts me still.
Posted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
A little beauty of a poem.
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
A little beauty of a poem.
Read full commentPosted in Our Soil
Ah, thanks so much for the congrats insert
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
I came close to deleting this but glad I didn't. Might just rest on my cherries - I mean laurels - for a bit. This took a few weeks and several drafts, but it's good to be creative again...
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Thank you marandina. The idea
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Thank you marandina. The idea originally came from my other daughter (a psychologist) - a technique she used during her own grief. I forgot about it until another wave hit me hard - so with the encouragement of a good friend (who knew my...
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This particular sort of thing...
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
...is very much my sort of thing Terry.
Read full commentI knew you wouldn't stay away from Abc for long.
I remember a time (probably about 10 years ago) when I was totally addicted.
So much has happened in the intervening years (mostly not good...
Posted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course
Ah a quick cherry for the
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Ah a quick cherry for the insomniac! No surprises there. I'm resorting to counting my home moves, up to 30 soon as you know. Trouble is I get distracted worrying about the circumstances surrounding each move, how when and where, so it doesn't...
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