A few years ago when I worked as a home carer, I used to visit a lady called Pat. From our first hello at the hall door, I knew she and I would get on. She was from Kerry and had a fantastic turn of phrase that both charmed and awoke me. Despite living in …
When I was newly married, I got a job co-ordinating Marriage Preparation Courses. No sooner had my babies arrived than I became a Baby Massage Instructor. It seems that once I have five minutes experience of any life stage, I feel equipped to become an expert on it. Now that I’m working with older people, …
Given that my youngest will soon be eligible to vote, I thought my days of guiding limbs into garments were long behind me. However, that is exactly what I find myself doing since I starting working as a home carer last year. I have a schedule of regulars who I visit, helping them get washed …
This week we lost an unlikely couple in John le Carre and Barbara Windsor. 2020 has already grimly reaped: Terry Jones, Ennio Morricone, Seamus Mallon, John Hume, Dave Prowse, Larry Gogan, Vera Lynn, Little Richard, Bill Withers, Eddie Van Halen, Sean Connery, Honour Blackman, Kirk Douglas, Alan Parker, Michel Roux Snr, Marian Finnucane, Nicolas Parsons, …
Ordinary Plenty 