Musings… and Stuff…
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Masquerade
Heard on ‘Emily in Paris,’ a show I watched recently on Netflix. “Love is a masquerade.” The phrase made me think about everything we do to find love, sustain it, nurture it, believe in it, and try our best to not feel the often inevitable pain when dabbling with this emotion. Love is a masquerade.…
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Fun at Rutland Waters
I am so grateful to Skye and Katie for taking Manali and me to Rutland Water today. We had such a lovely 🦮🐕🦺 walk. Manali really enjoyed the water. If I am not mistaken, this was her first ever experience of a water body. I was unsure how she would react but there was no…
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When Skye Came for a Visit
Last Friday Manali and I offered to look after our friend Skye because her human had to go to a work meeting for the whole day. It was fun… and exhausting… but I loved every second of it. Manali… I am not so sure she loved it, but I think she did enjoy a change…
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Living with AS
Yesterday, I met a few people living with Axial Spondyloarthritis in the Stamford & Rutland area. Thank you, Saima, for taking the initiative and organising the meet-up. All of us are members of NASS – National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society, and that’s how this get-together happened. Thank you, NASS, for sending the booklets to Saima. Very…
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Stamford Arts Centre
I wrote this post in support of our Arts Centre, when it was still recovering from a long covid lock-down and several big changes. It is a different place to what it was then. And that is because the wonderful people who work in the building really make it work, and those of us who…
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Something Seasonal…
I was planning to write a festive poem for December ‘Pint of Poetry,’ but never managed to do it. Then I thought I’d write something for this website. That didn’t happen either. I love Christmas; I love all festivals (any excuse for a party!). But it is not much of a party when there are…
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Some Encounters…
are just meant to be. Wendy What an amazing lady! I feel I have made a good friend today. Some encounters, especially the ones that happen at the Arts Centre, are just meant to be I think. We could have talked for hours. Well… I would have talked for hours and she would have listened,…
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another year older…
another year older… a lot wiser too, but that has nothing to do with birthdays or age! It is life experiences that give us the wisdom (and the stupidity too) to take the decisions that we do. Anyway… let’s hold that thought for another day. It was my birthday last Friday. I think birthdays are…
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and here we are again…
And here we are again at my favourite place a double espresso wake up call and cake that disappeared without a trace And here we are again going through the summer brochure ooh-ing and aah-ing over whats on about booking tickets i am still unsure And here we are again a room with walls and…
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World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on 10th October. I think it is great to have a day that helps raise awareness so the world can carry on thinking about the fact that mental health matters as much as physical health. I attend “Playing With Words” a monthly session at our local mental…
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Loneliness
No one dies of loneliness Until they do You don’t agree with me Not many do You wonder why they died What did you not do Because no one dies of loneliness Even when they do © Shalini Sinha Austin, 2024
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Sometimes…
sometimes… life feels a burden sometimes… i don’t want to be part of it anymore sometimes… everything seems pointless sometimes… i find a reason to laugh and then i wonder why my mind is so absurd sometimes © Shalini Sinha Austin, 2024