I hadn’t quite realised it has been 6 months since I last blogged; my life has been on so much hold this year that I am not aware of lapses in activity. Rather like the Thames Estuary below, life continues to be foggy.

Since I last posted we have survived the first anniversary, finally received probate, continued to live with grief and experienced family tensions. Some days are brighter thanks to great friends, and occasionally my sense of inner joy and peace returns for a few moments. The future was even looking positive for a few weeks when I thought I’d sold my home. Unfortunately though the sale has fallen through, and future plans are once more on hold. The second year is not as painful as the first but it is still incredibly challenging. I am okayish, so I thought though I’d pop by to say a quick hello to you all, and to share a few photographs from a recent short trip to the north Kent coast. Still not up to taking the camera with me, but I was at least thinking of the blog when I took them.

Thanks to the heat and Robert’s birthday memories I didn’t do much apart from walk loads and listen to audio books, but it was good to get away to a part of England that Robert loved. He’d probably though wouldn’t have accompanied me on my sunrise walks!

He’d definitely though sat out with me in the evenings on the terrace watching the sunset over Herne Bay, and probably like me been confused. Generally in the south of England and on the coast you look south, so you look left for the sunrise and right for the sunset. On this stretch of coastline in southern England though you’re looking north and so the sets and the rises are the other way round. Confusing but still very beautiful and bringing in the words of Richard E Grant ‘a pocketful of happiness’.

I do have a few more trips planned over the coming months, so fingers crossed my next post won’t be that long away. In the meantime take care everyone.

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  2. beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Time moves on. Lives continue to evolve and you will find a path to take. Bummer about the house but good news you were up to traveling to a different part of England. Bernie

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  4. Grief doesn’t run a standard course. It’s different for each of us.

    Audiobooks saved my sanity when I was sick, grieving and lost. For a long time, it was about the only thing that could pull me out my personal dark places. They remain my safest hiding place.

    I think of you a lot and I still make at least 1/3 of all pictures as squares. Be well. Grief doesn’t exactly go away, but the edges soften.

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    1. oh Marilyn, thank you so much for your kind and very understanding words. Helps so much to hear from someone who totally gets it, although I am sorry that you also live with grief

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  5. I’ll echo Margaret’s words. I have been thinking of you so hard the last few days that I was hardly surprised to see you had posted. You are much missed. Thanks for sharing a pocketful of happiness.

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    1. can’t wait. October is such a challenging month, but knowing I am going to see you and a few other Scottish friends that week is helping me so much

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  9. Good to see that you are out and about, even if a bit foggy. Sorry to hear the house sale fell through. I’m told it’s a bit of a challenging market there right now. I think of you whenever I square a photo, which is often. Keep taking care of yourself.

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    1. Thanks Graham, so frustrating. I do now have another 3 buyers lined up but all of them have yet to sell their own places so it is very much a waiting game at the moment. Fingers crossed squares might return before the end of the year

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