R's rue

Elizabeth - The Queen Mother (1900-2002) As you may have gathered, I am not much interested in fame or celebrity. There's too much focus on that kind of stuff these days. However, in this blogpost, I am going to place on record the famous or relatively famous  people that I have spoken with in my life. 1. The Queen Mother  (1900-2002) - she who was the wife of King George VI, our present queen's father. 2. Mick Ronson (1946 - 1993) - Hull-born guitarist who was for a long while David Bowie's right-hand man. 3. Lulu  (Marie McDonald McLaughlin Law rie) - the Glasgow-born pop singer. I met her twice. 4. Robin Williamson - the founder of The Incredible String Band who performed at Woodstock in 1969. 5. Tom Bailey - leader of The Thompson Twins who performed at Live Aid in 1985. 6. Jimmy Savile (1926-2011) - disgraced British television personality, disc jokey and charity fund raiser. 7. John Barnes - legendary England footballer. 8. Jacqueline Wilson - bes...

 She had all of her tea, then Joined Mary in some rubber chicken horseplay  And died quietly in the kitchen  When I was having a bath from Going Gently https://ift.tt/36WMhUo

 I have been mulling over something quite serious for some time now.  Covid and isolation, have re circled my more neurotic wagons so to speak and conversations with new friends who have gently raised an eyebrow have made me think about my divorce and my feelings of hurt and loss. And anger.  I’m rather tired of still feeling angry. It’s heavy and odious burden  So today I did something about it. I spoke to my ex husband and to my former mother in law on the phone. They were careful but ultimately kind. The conversations were emotional in their own way but both ended quietly and with a positivity long such lost.  I was reminded of the quote below as I walked around Trelawnyd this afternoon. I was delivering Christmas Cards in the freezing rain.  The darkness and weather hiding tears of release . “You have to forgive yourself sometimes. Accept your scars for what they are and forgive the old you and people who have hurt you. Maybe that is how yo...

 Twirling my  lips 'round the candy cane red and white now my lipstick du jour merry and happy with my sweet tooth Satisfied find happiness is simplicity because the ordinary is the extraordinary we remember from R's rue https://ift.tt/2VQ1vnV

 This isn't my standard fare But this needs  to be said What happened to love your neighbor As yourself Our selfishness Is killing others It's no longer funny not that it ever was The idea of individualism Is haunting the collective Be kind Love God by loving others from R's rue https://ift.tt/37HQHhe