Confessions of a Free Range Prolapsed Catholic

Anzac Day seems to bring me a cloak of melancholy that wraps itself around me, quite comfortably and sets my mind a wandering through cloudy patches for the entire day. The Last Post has always brought me undone. The loneliness of the open notes played on the bugle, produced in a way that might be […]

The little home is quite. Triple L and I are in the ” guest wing” – him under the covers, me on top of the covers in the usual sleep position, uncomfortable though it be having just taken a pain killer – “warning, this medication may interfere with mental health and co- ordination” a reminder […]

Mission accomplished! We arrived in Port Macquarie! I had not seen Trish and her family since January. I missed her and her brood! It’s only a bit over two hours nowadays, and having been a regular driver from Newcastle to Melbourne, sometimes doing that trip in one stretch, it’s a bit of a pushover. The […]

Post physio again and I am battling the tops of my legs both of which are hell bent on reminding me of their presence with funny ( perculiar not funny ha ha!) little grabs  on the inside of my upper thigh! It could of course be my mighty gluteus max reminding me that it s […]

Had a first today…….my first ever flu injection! My lovely doctor apologised for the sting of the injection! WHAT? Come and try my knees on for a bit. Although I have to say that I was taken back in time to my polio vaccinations in primary school courtesy of the district nurse! Just as I […]

Easter has come and gone and the world has not yet collapsed into nuclear warfare. As I write this triple L and youngest offspring are propping their eyelids open to watch the end of a double episode of the Amazing Race and it is 12.04 am! It’s funny how this house seems to gave a […]

Night meanderings strike again and I am in  the usual position – propped  up, legs in the air, flat on my back- accompanied by the “andante” ostinato of the sleeping pooch, pondering the journey so far! My surgeon is a genius! The choice to take him on was highly influenced by Judy who suggested I […]

Some days are diamonds, some days are pretty shithouse! Praise be to God for pain killers that can only be purchased in lots of 20! Praise be to God for medication that restores bowel movements after painkillers that can only be bought in lots of 20 even if drinking it tastes like the smell of […]

Today I attended the funeral of a good man. It has prompted this brief digression from my new knee saga! on Holy Saturday night in 2015 The Knights played St George and I went to church in Moree! The image is what I captured when I sneaked a picture of the Paschal Fire. I saw […]

About twice a week we get a delivery of catelogues. I don’t mind them really. Often times they provide much more interesting information than the daily delivery of the newspaper used to! I grew up in a journalist family. As a Catholic this always made ” media Sunday” a bit of a challenge. My Dad […]