#Octpowrimo #Broken
more than one penny dropped
on the fall to the ground
vision went haywire while
every single memory
moved around like scrambled eggs
expectation – another rendezvous with the
neurological ward
to fix the problems caused by the drop
Salford (via Zakynthos) , 2019
#fowc #nude #memory
Notable that moment , you were caught
Unawares – towels adrift and
Dressing gown cast on the floor
Expressionist – on the beach – perhaps – but in the flat – shut the door!
Salford , 30th July 2019
Basic and spinal injury centre, Salford.
We’ve all played the board game of snakes and ladders before
The idea is you roll the dice, go up the ladders and down the snakes
all very straight forward , but has anyone tried playing it the other way round ?
Where you go up the snakes and down the ladders ?
It’s just as fun – and requires a lot of concentration – as you hit a ladder at the top and find yourself going down it instead of up.
We played it both ways – the reverse game is a lot more challenging.
Salford, Tuesday 15th May
Since my last episode with my IV shunt, I’ve become more appreciative of what makes a memory
the smell of cooking of an apple pie in the oven
the sound of my favourite music 🎶 on the wireless
the feel of my iwm fleece, that I wear when volunteering
All these things meet up in the information store in my brain where those clever little neutrons in my head store them for future reference in this vast library 📚 of learning. There’s two other sections of this library, one holds a giant encyclopaedia of facts……the semantic section, whilst the other contains a multimedia extravaganza, full of music, pictures, film, tv and photographs
now since my shunt was revised, there’s been a bit of a mess in the semantic section, and it’s sister branch the episodic section….which holds memories of events and such. It’s not that I’ve completely forgotten about certain things, I just have to go back a few pages to remind myself of things
photographs help. Show me a photo of a place I’d been at and I’d be able to tell you the who the where and when the photo was taken. It’s probably the reason I’ve taken an interest in using a digital camera, for a visual cue usually triggers a memory of an event
and of course there’s the memory aids – Those colourful notebooks full of my random thoughts and scribbles. Now i’ve set myself up on wordpress i’ll occasionally share the ramblings of what i’ve picked up in the day, but it always pays to go back to the source – even if it is to source out that chocolate cake recipe i picked up in cooking demos.
Memories are a funny thing
even if your memory is reletively sound
making the memory into something permanent requires an
open mind and something to refer to
remembering mum and dads birthday might be an easy one, but
if your mind slips, whilst you are
Zedding away in the land of nod – its
easy to let time pass you by – best use a diary!
A response to the prompt Roots
by Brian F Kirkham for the Inkwell
Salford 8th May 2017
Like any other little seed,
you need time to grow
grasp the air
spread some branches
And when the time is right
charged with energy and excitement
you’ll take your own flight
before landing on the soil of your choice
But remember your past
for the time will have passed
and contemplate the time
passed through movement and rhyme
for its time to develop
and grow new shoots
but dont forget family
the place of your roots
#Coloryourworld #cyw #pinkcarnation #acrostic #pinks #flower
11th April 2017
Could it be
A reason why I never can forget you
Real beauty – enveloped in a dress the colour of that flower
Never forgotten that spring night after
An attempt to grab your attention
Tomorrow, they say – is another day, but
I can’t get the vision of your smile from my head
One day – the fairytale might come true, but its
Noted you’re wearing that flower tonight
Salford, 13th January 2017
I’m sat in my bedroom – cum – office, pondering another set of scribbles from one of my memory notebooks.
Ever lost something…and spent the next few hours getting into a fluster over it ?
The key thing I’ve learned is to keep everything in a particular spot
Notes go into a notebook – and referred to, its ok writing stuff down – but if you don’t refer to what you wrote down – the moment passes and the memory fades.
So its important to keep the scribbles and refer to them
Develop a habit of scribbling things down – keep a routine of your everyday activity
and when you can – reward the stuff that’s gone well in the day
Most important thing – try learning something new. On this Blog, for instance – as I learn something new with my camera the experience will be recorded on here in a post. The process makes new connections in the brain…what they tell me is if I spend an hour a day learning something – the seed of what i’ll be learning will take hold
Dedicate yourself to a regular hour in the day.
Maybe it was the fact – I knew the way,
Edging to go down this way and not the other way I knew
Moments recalled – at the sight of an
Old rusting metal fence, encircling bright shiny new towers
Recollections of a time – a place of learning was here
In which i’d learn my craft, hone my skill
And gain a respect and love for the thing I appreciate
Long since replaced – the place of learning…but its fondly remembered
Hi Folks – Anybody expecting a post yesterday, I do apologise – I slightly overdid it and ended up taking to my bed earlier than I first thought I would!
Note to self – don’t go Marching off to the computer store for an Ipad Cover after an Afternoon Shift at the war Museum….
Anyway, here’s my report on Tuesdays Memory Workshop….
What’s your idea of Utopia?
As part of an Activity to engage an open mind we had Carte Blanche to create our own perfect world
Think of Sid Meiers Civilization Game but on Paper…
we had to answer questions on
What the climate and landscape would be,
What kind of Animals and Plants were on this world
What people were like on this island
What they did for fun …. (Careful..!!!! Inky)
Where they worked
What kind of Place was it like
By the end of the session – i’d created my own little island community, with sandy beaches, Tropical flowers and fruits , full of colourful flowers and surrounded by cocoa trees clear blue seas with lots of fish and plots for vegetables – so we could have fish and chips –
I resisted the temptation to go all wonka and have Lemonade lakes and edible grass – maybe that’s an idea for another island! :))
