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Synchronicity
Re-reading the proof copy of my Metaphors
and Matzo Balls I was struck by a coincidence I had not thought
about before. And it got me to thinking about the
threads of my life that recur and are cemented by a variety
of relationships and experiences.
What struck me particularly
poignantly was the memory of my beloved late Aunt Lily
provoked by the poem
A FACE IN A MIRROR
Some days I look in the mirror
and my father looks back at me.
So long as I can see his reflection,
sometimes sombre, sometimes sad,
occasionally smiling;
for that length of time, at least, I know
that he is not dead,
but lives on in me.
Thus do we survive.
Someday, perhaps, my son will look in a mirror
and I will look back at him.
And I suddenly recognised
that, throughout life, we see reflected back to us the
visions of so many folk who have influenced us. Often
without our awareness at that time. Thus, with Aunt
Lily; and my memory was further roused by my Health Champion
activities. I found myself recalling her involvement
as a "friend of" the Whittington Hospital at London's
Archway, and the amazing amount of work she did for that
splendid cause during the last years of her life; despite
her own failing health and a physical disability.
And, equally suddenly, I
realised that I am only a few years removed from her age at
her death. Events have this incredible knack of
repeating themselves.
Update.
February 23. Went for my bi-annual
COPD review at the Edgware Community Hospital.
Apparently made the nurse's day when she
asked me what problems I had experienced since my last
visit. "None" I replied, "other than the one for which
you haven't found a cure."
"And which was that?" she asked with much
concern
"The ageing process."
She laughed.
Health Champion Project
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Things are moving apace. Picture shows
me with co-worker Caroline Allison at our initial discussion
in a local Costa. Since then we have been for our
induction session at a local medical practice (Oak Lodge
Medical Centre) where, coincidentally, we are both
registered patients.
Our first practical exercise will be next
week, for National TB Awareness Day, when we will be at the
practice providing literature and advice about the
recognition and dangers of the recently renewed spread of
this noxious disease, but specifically to signpost patients
to the correct and most efficacious places to go for
professional advice and help.
Here are a couple of pictures of the kind of
information disseminated about the Health Champions Project.
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Friends old and new . . .
and family.
I'm really looking forward to the
forthcoming nuptials of my darling daughter Emily, who has
had such a dreadful struggle against the lymphoma that has
afflicted her for the past year. Her wedding will take
place in Oxfordshire on April 10. Here's a picture I took
recently of the happy pair, Emily and Stephen. As
usual, click on the thumbnail to enlarge.
Metaphors and Matzo Balls.
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A word of warning.
If you intend to read a copy of my
recently published book of poetry on Kindle, I recently
discovered something that caused me some dismay.
Apparently Kindle automatically text wraps
all pieces that have not been produced to a specific form
that recognises poetry. Thus, many of my poems -
particularly the ones with more words per line - tend to
reproduce as prose.
Do not therefore, I urge you, purchase the
Kindle version. It is available as a free version on
Kindle - and, of course, you get what you pay for; or, as
the Americans have it, there's no such thing as a free
lunch. But it is also available in printed form on
Amazon worldwide. I can offer UK purchasers the alternative of a special
print run I have had produced of the paperback version of
the book, at cost price of £5 per copy inclusive of postage. Please contact
me, if you are interested, via the contact details at the
foot of this page.
To the readers of this blog, may peace
and joy be with you
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