Talking Yorkie

Category: Thoughts

  • Love Unfinished

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    2 Today I am writing the second stanzaWhich has somehow found its way to the beginningWe kept our promiseWe have taken Mum and Dad homeAnd now the sat nav is taking us through the centre of BradfordAnd right past the Alhambra TheatreWhere Dad took me to see Swan LakeMany years agoAnd the memory is coming…

  • Family and Friends

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    Family and Friends❤️I have been with a few of my good friends this week. One of them, I haven’t properly caught up with for two decades. Yesterday, we were at our friends’ daughter’s wedding and our son was a groomsman. It was a beautiful wedding. This week has highlighted something for me: Family and true…

  • Our Mum

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    To remember Mum on her birthday, I am sharing these very personal words, which I wrote for, and read out at her funeral last month. (I have removed names for privacy). There is only a 3% chance of both parents developing dementia.  Some people might say that my sister and I have been unlucky. Those…

  • Crossing the River

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    Many times, we had walked from Rest Bay to the edge of the Ogmore River and back. It’s a pleasant 10 or so miles along the beach and the coastal path. We had occasionally looked at the river and discussed the possibility of one day crossing the river. After ‘careful’ planning and checking the tide…

  • Sowing Seeds

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    This blog is adapted from the notes of my thoughts that I wrote following planting carrot seeds at our allotment around this time last year. My husband and I recently acquired an allotment. Today I sowed carrot seeds. I learned a few things today about sowing seeds and tending an allotment:• Since we are completely…

  • The Marathon

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    Tomorrow, Sunday 27th April, is the London Marathon 2025. My Dad ran the London twice and I also ran a marathon in Cardiff in 2004. Being a very long distance (26.2 miles), the marathon is firstly, definitely not a sprint. Secondly, the marathon is not a race that you can enter the week before without…

  • Mother’s Day Thoughts

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    Until ten, fifteen years ago, Mother’s Day was for me just a day filled with joy, flowers and chocolates. Today I am intimately aware that for many, Mother’s Day is also a day filled with heartache.  On Sunday, my daughter will celebrate her first Mother’s Day as Mum and I will celebrate my first as Granny. It will…

  • A Royal Opportunity

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    I had heard that the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine, were to visit our town on 26th February, ahead of St David’s Day. This was possibly a once in a lifetime opportunity to see our future King and Queen! I had heard that they were scheduled to visit the market at 11:30am…

  • A Covid Diary

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    Sunday 9th March 2025. On this Day of Reflection marking the 5th anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, I have decided to make my Covid Diary public for the first time. I have removed names of people and some of the places to protect my family and friends. It’s 12,000 words long, so…

  • First Parkrun

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    Yesterday was my first Parkrun in our beautiful park, which is just down the hill from our house. Not only was it my first Parkrun, but it was the first time that I had run at all for about 7 years.  When I was in my late 20s and into my 40s, I was running…