R's rue

I finished my revalidation paperwork around 6pm  Just enough time after that to walk the dogs, eat something healthy ( spiced garlic roasted cauliflower with prawns) and chat with a friend, a wisecracking Frenchman called Oli. By definition, my day’s intense reflections have thrown up a great deal of nursing memories. One special one came to mind. A dying patient once asked me to join her in prayer. She was Jewish so I didn’t quite understand how she thought an agnostic Welshman living in Yorkshire   would fare with such a request. I compromised by saying that I would sit with her as she prayed. She needed to be heard Quietly she recited the vidui prayer of the dying  in Hebrew with her head against the pillow, a hand over her eyes . And I listened , head bowed Terribly moved by words I didn’t understand  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/381gIbT

 Last thing I read- Tatler magazine travel article Last thing I ordered- Gloves Last thing I ate- Pancakes Last thing I drank- coffee Last blog I visited- Maxine’s.  Your turn. Go! from R's rue https://ift.tt/381yJqf

Map to show the location of Ios ....Fishing boats failed to appear and sunset was approaching. I was beginning to think that I would have to spend the night there with the rocks and sea waves breaking gently on the pebble beach that had become my prison. Fortunately, the cove faced west and I had my little shaving mirror with me. It had a diameter of perhaps three inches and sat in orange plastic circle. At about 7.30pm with the sun sinking low, I heard and then saw a little fishing boat, hugging the coast about three hundred metres off shore. Perhaps I wouldn't have to spend the night on the beach after all! I waved my T-shirt and shouted "Help!" at the top of my voice. Then I aimed the little mirror at the boat and the sinking sun beyond it. Jiggling the mirror ever so slightly I hoped that I would occasionally be reflecting the sun. The boat moved between the two headlands - from left to right then disappeared. I was utterly dejected, believing that the fisherme...

  Today is my deadline for completing my Nurse revalidation paperwork. I will be at it for all of the day, which is a bind, but I have no one except myself to blame for the lateness of the job.  Having said this I’m still wasting time answering messages and emails and giving the dogs an extra long walk in the rain. Oh and I’ve just photographed the sunny rudbeckia in the back garden, which are providing the only sunny view  from my office window on such a miserable day. Big breaths  I need to knuckle down from Going Gently https://ift.tt/2XO28Ta