Move over Jeremy Clarkson
Serendipity Me
by ladyserendipidy
2y ago
Posting from an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the black mountains on the Welsh border. Why am I here? Farm-sitting for my friend’s daughter.  Perhaps a somewhat rash offer which at the time in the midst of a house full of people seemed like a good idea. I am a city girl but inside there is a country lass just waiting for the opportunity to come out. And now I am here I am loving it.   The tranquillity however  takes a bit of getting used to as I found out on my first night. Not everyone can boast 2 diazepam and still have a sleepless night. I am not proud of this and ..read more
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Purpose
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by ladyserendipidy
2y ago
How fab you have all this time say friends. So how come it doesn’t feel fab. Time which was always been my enemy has now become my nemesis. I have a large collage of photographs on my wall which over hangs my desk. I made it for my parents 50th wedding anniversary. It’s full of dead people.  It is also full of my immediate family. I look at it and remember my life back then. It was a bit of a whirl. Work, parents, housekeeping, children’s parties, schools, homework, social events, sleep overs, bar mitzvas, dinner parties – yes, they were all the rage in the nineties. Not your Abigail-part ..read more
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Letter to Tod
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
Dear Tod Three years ago, today you left us and yes you left in your own imitable way – not quietly – not without a fight and on both your youngest son’s birthday and Father’s Day.  Quite a spectacular exit – but then I wouldn’t have expected anything less. It’s not that today I think of you any more – I think of you every day but I guess 3 years is just another mile stone. You said to me not long before you died that you were worried that we would forget about you – my darling we talk about you all the time. Sometimes as if you are still here. We tell jokes on your behalf some I kno ..read more
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You People
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
Its been a while since I posted and for any of you that have missed me – apologies but there’s been a bit of a drought chez moi! Its the get- up- and- go thing that has got- up -and -gone. Leaving my head somewhat empty of ideas. But when I heard one of close friends recount a recent experience I was drawn back to ~Serendipity It’s a while since I have heard the expression ‘you people’ but I guess its not surprising in the current climate. Recently a girlfriend interviewed an eminent retired journalist from a well know broad sheet and not a right wing one – who in answer to one of her question ..read more
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Everyone needs a dream
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
“Where I come from I cannot return But where I am headed I will, Live, grow and learn” stock picture After a year of semi lockdown life can become somewhat introspective and ‘samey’. Fortunately, I volunteer with a number of charities and get the opportunity to hear about other people’s lives. Take Lien a  Vietnamese refugee who came to the UK age 13. Like many refugees who flee their place of birth in search of a safe haven, there were many obstacles to overcome but Lien always had a dream and it was this dream that propelled her forward. It is difficult to dream when you are in turmoil ..read more
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Schadenfreude, mattresses and wild garlic
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
So I want to know if I buy an EMMA mattress will I wake up like this? And will I be sleeping like this? It reminds me of the 1970’s Martini advertisements which I only drank in my teens because I wanted to become one of the ‘beautiful’ people. It didn’t work! Back to EMMA which I am sorely tempted to try especially as they offer a 200-night free trial period – it’s a win win situation unless I am missing something. I would love to wake up feeling refreshed, jump out of bed with vigour, full of positivity and happy to start my day.  Are there people out there who really do jump up and f ..read more
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Sex on the to-do list
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
Have you noticed how small tasks post Covid take on a disproportional significance in one’s life? The kind of tasks that one would normally just fit in around everything else can suddenly take up the most inordinate amount of time. and need to be scheduled, timed, and diarised. Today’s task was  washing my hair. It is my Bete noir.  Fortunately, I have the kind of hair that can survive quite happily unwashed for up to 2 weeks. But when I can’t bear the itchy scalp any longer, I know the time has come. I think about it for few days, prepare myself mentally and then just go for it. Why ..read more
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Synchronicity
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
Yes, it’s been a while. And I realise that my thousands of Serendipidy followers — I know you wish — have been concerned. “Has she got COVID? Is she still there?  We miss you,” I hear you cry.  Ok so I might be hyperbolising a bit.  But I am ok. Still here. No COVID. Just that groundhog day is not very interesting. I wonder why with my busy diverse lifestyle. But come April 24th when I get my second vaccination willy-nilly I am coming out! You know that thing when you say that’s a coincidence, I was just about to……. well really is it a coincidence or is it something else.  ..read more
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Freedom
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
I am not going to lie woke up this morning feeling a bit gutted when I heard the news that the vaccine, I only had last week might not work. Suddenly summer freedom seemed a long way off.  Will I ever get a hug again? I know a bit dramatic but honestly, I have tried hard to remain positive throughout but today – well I think it is going to have to be a duvet day. It did though get me thinking about freedom and what it means.   And I dug out my old philosophy books and looked at Jean Paul Sartre who back in the day was one of my heroes. Of course, I have now forgotten everything ..read more
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Dementia – a note for my children
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by ladyserendipidy
3y ago
Over heard telephone conversation between two of my sons. ” Mum has lost the tea she has just made.” “Again – she’s becoming Nana.” No I am not , I shout – or am I? It get’s me thinking maybe I should compose a briefing for my children. What to do if I get dementia? Many years ago, when your Nana started getting confused you asked. “What do you want us to do if you get like this mummy?” It’s a tough one. They watched me care for my mother with patience, love and humour and I would like to think it showed them the way. But they are not me.  When I began what, I call ‘the journey’ with my m ..read more
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