Doonan diddly-squat

I started this blog in 2009 when I became a full-time caregiver. My husband had been diagnosed a few years earlier with primary progressive aphasia. Over the next four years until his death in 2013, we were on a journey of discovery about this rare condition. The first four years of this blog document that trip. In the years since Allen died, I've been busy with other things. It's time I talked a bit about that!

30 January 2024

Going home to the place where I belong

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Recently my sister Doreen in the USA posted this old photo taken (I think) early in 1974 of some members of our family. She sent it round to...
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17 December 2023

John Hazelwood (20/8/1945 - 7/12/2023)

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Funerals and Christmastime don't make for a good mix. But I'm just back from Brisbane where I had the sad experience of helping to f...
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21 November 2023

Methinks...

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Since beauty is transient... ...maybe enjoy it while you can?
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19 November 2023

Pre-posthumous note to my kids

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Dear Zoe, Julian and Chris: I guess the 10th anniversary of Dad’s death got me thinking about finality. Then this morning on page 32 of the ...
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18 November 2023

Requiem

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Roland Allen Harvey 1929 - 2013 "Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will." (from 'Requiem' by R.L.S...
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17 November 2023

Red-rimmed trainers

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I wrote this piece not long  after my husband died. Hard to believe, tomorrow it will be 10 years. I walk in your shoes The red-rimmed train...
04 November 2023

The First 20 or so Things That I Love as They Occur to Me in the Moment

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A blog-friend I recently rediscovered after my 10-year absence from posting gave me the idea for this post. I'd say he's about my ag...
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03 November 2023

Queen of the night

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My cactus orchid (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) seems to be happy in this warm, north-facing spot. It's well protected from midday sun by a per...
28 October 2023

2023 Brisbane Portrait Prize

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While in Brisbane on the weekend, I visited the Powerhouse to see the exhibition of finalists in the 2023 Brisbane Portrait Prize .  This ye...
26 October 2023

Springtime puffs of white

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This white hydrangea is always the first hydrangea to come into flower in Spring. My garden has more than a dozen beautiful hydrangeas, but ...
25 October 2023

I did it (but it almost did me!)

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Here's where my troubles began! Well, recent back troubles anyway. I should have tried harder to find someone to take on the job of movi...
24 October 2023

The grass is greener (or at least shorter)

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I am struggling to work with this blog software after a long absence. Formatting seems more difficult than I remember. But I would like to...
12 November 2014

Flower of the week

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It's just a humble creeper - but boy can it creep! I only remember buying two hoya plants (genus Asclepiad ) in all the years I've...
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Journalist, editor, teacher, publishing manager, education consultant….but that’s all in the past. Even further back, I could add waitress, Five-and-Dime salesgirl and my favourite title: Girl Friday! All mixed in with wife, mother, caregiver and grandmother. But nowadays, based on time spent: gardener, cook, reader, writer and whatever!
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