Summer in the Lovely sunny south east

Categories Dancin' In The Rain

This summer I decided to hang about and explore closer to home. Some spots are by now old favourites, but with Milo and lovely walks in mind I found some fabulous new gems to add to my list this Summer.   Hook  lighthouse, Hook peninsula, co wexford https://www.hookheritage.ie/events/ Tomnafinnoge Woods, Tinahely, Co Wicklow Gorgeous river walk through ancient woodlands of giant oaks. Ten minutes up the road you have the lovely located Tinahely Village, where you can have a cuppa in the Farm shop cafe or…Continue Reading “Summer in the Lovely sunny south east” →

Live till I die

Categories Giving Fear The Finger

Where do I put it where do I stick it, where does it fit where my brain can register this kind of information? My cancer has once again spread, to my liver, I need chemo, how do I live while I’m dying, am I dying. Incomprehensible reality yet there are aspects that hit you like a hammer, chemo side effects, the slow deterioration of my body because it can never end. Can I ever really live again or merely survive, will it be one long…Continue Reading “Live till I die” →

Follow me up to Carlow

Categories Dancin' In The Rain

Carlow is such a seriously underrated county, often confused with Cavan or some place in Co. Kilkenny? Once known as the most gentrified county in Ireland, evident in so many beautiful country houses. It really has so much to offer, great location in the Sunny Southeast, a wealth of cultural heritage, lush fertile land, pretty villages. Rediscovering it over the last few years and   introducing it to so many friends (especially the doubting Dubs😉) has been one of my greatest pleasures. https://www.carlowtourism.com/site-assets/uploads/Carlow-through-the-waters-6.pdf https://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/duckett-s-grove-and-walled-gardens/48714 https://carlowtourism.com/borris-2/ https://barrowvalley.net/st-mullins/…Continue Reading “Follow me up to Carlow” →

Spine

Categories Barking Kitty

So CT and MRI done. It’s been an unpleasant couple of weeks on steroids, hot flashes, dodgy stomach, being even more wired and tired, feeling like you could pop me with a pin. But feck it little to complain about really in the scheme of things, it could be much worse and I might just have to get used to it. Thankfully I’ve had lovely distractions to keep me busy, just waiting for results now. Please god all is good and I can keep going…Continue Reading “Spine” →

Enough

Categories Barking Kitty

I’m so tired,I wish I could run away from it all, another lovely friend gone this morning. You can’t let your guard down for a second, you can’t grieve for one friend but another one loses their life to this rotten disease. She was my friend, my ally, my educator, she fought every minute of every day to stay alive, and still found time to reach out to others. You will be missed my lovely friend Xxx

Healing

Categories Musings

  Wouldn’t you just eat her she said, and I smiled cos I kinda had to agree. I had come because I knew that full emersion was the only way to break the surface again for me. Nothing for it but the deep end, the only place I could go, nature, music and now poetry. I liked her language, she caught my eye, I wondered could she recognise my pain, read my face and know. . Hers was warm and open her stature small and…Continue Reading “Healing” →

Heartache

Categories Feeling A Right Tit

I thought last summer was bad, I spent most of it in hospital and nearly died. But this summer has been much worse, I lost 3 friends to Metastatic Cancer. That’s cancer that has left the initial site and spread to other parts of the body making, it incurable and fatal. I have never really felt any great anger about my own diagnosis, but I am so angry and deeply saddened now. There is so much emphasis on early detection and so little on finding…Continue Reading “Heartache” →

Rock chic in the sky

Categories Musings

Driving to Ballycotton I could feel the sadness surface as I felt your presence near. I hadn’t shed a tear yet, couldn’t accept it was true. Missed calls on Friday night from mutual friends had scared me sick though, thinking of you. Frantic hours later I finally heard the words,’ Not expected to survive the weekend’, what are they talking about? Strange heavy days feeling useless, in limbo, hoping till finally the incredulous words were out. Texts and messages that didn’t make any sense. As…Continue Reading “Rock chic in the sky” →