I am going to ease myself back into posting. I will admit that finding the time to write has become much more difficult since my wife's passing. Having all the responsibility to run a house, raise our

It has been nearly 11 months since I last wrote to the blockchain. I needed time to gather my thoughts. My wonderful wife, mother of our son, my beautiful muse and best friend, has died. There is no easy

I had this old Powerwasher in my shed which hadn't been used for over 10 years. It was a pretty good one and I remember I used it to wash my whole house top to bottom many years ago. A few weekends back

Who knew that massage, reflexology, arts and crafts are part of palliative care too?

As the summer ends and the winter begins to show its cold face, heating starts to come to mind. As with everything at the moment in my life I am delayed, delayed in getting to do the things that need doing

Valueplan The Numbers August Part 1

What to get your friend when they have cancer- some tips!

The summer is ending, and I thought it was high time I did a quick fruit tree update. In all, it has been a mixed bag of ups and downs. I found out from my brother who is a pro gardener, that my issue

That was too close for comfort. I nearly got scammed out of my Hive account. After over 7 years on chain, I almost made a fatal mistake. I was talking to who I thought was a trusted party but it turned

This will be the last of this type of post for a while ( happily). Another one-day demonstration carve with some workshops thrown into the mix. I had cut back on my international travel in 2018 to spend

Just some of the other options provided to cancer patients or bombarding us!

Looking back over my last few sand sculpture posts I see that all the sculptures I shared were just quick one-day demonstration pieces, nothing more than 3D sketches and not what I would call real sand

When friends or family dump you, if you get cancer

It was late in the evening when I arrived in Ballyheigh, County Kerry after driving three hours, straight from a day's work. I was knackered and fell into my hotel room bed without any food. It was a nice

This will be a short post as I don't have many interesting images of the sculpture. And, as I remember, I never even finished it due to bad weather. I had been double booked with this project in Saint

(Celebrating Halloween while getting my CT scan, 31st Oct. 2023) It never occurred to me before that the amount of people who refused chemotherapy to treat their cancer was far higher than I expected,

As I watch my son grow I wonder what his future will be. As a parent, I try to nurture his interests and not pressure him too much about the academic side of things. Luckily he seems to already have that

(Me at The Cannes Film Festival, 2012. Colon Cancer starts 10 years b4 reaching stage 4) Oh please, let’s not bother with the “My world started to spin”, “Time stopped” or “It was like I was in a car crash”.

The Beginning You may have met me before when I wrote about my life as an actress and then I disappeared! That was a long time ago. But I am back! Why am I back? Well, I got cancer. The nasty kind. Initially,