Tag Archives: old-age

Living with Echoes

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Sitting in a cafe recently  I glanced around myself to check the lie of the land before reading my newspaper.  My eye was caught by some old boy also sitting on his own. His clothes seemed as old as he … Continue reading →

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Tea and Biscuits

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

I knew a lady , old  and  proud. Money was in short supply but from her dress and demeanor that would never show.  She never  complained . She had little but   her privacy and  guarded it closely. What her life … Continue reading →

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Somewhere in the Desk a Memory Lies

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Her dad is eighty eight,  not in the best of health . There is no choice: he must go to a home. The daughter is worried but her day is filled with work and battling through the grind of middle age. She has her … Continue reading →

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