This poem - and the image I conjured the first time I read it nearly forty years ago - is and will remain a perfect rendition of my struggle in recognizing and accepting the abundance of the Universe…

We all have the capacity to compose the story of our life and embrace the whole of it - or simply appear as a footnote to someone else’s.

My nephew recently shared a young man’s ironic Instagram post: 

 “I can’t believe we stayed up and shouted, ‘Happy New Year’ for this bull5#!t!”  

And when I was his age, I might have felt the same way about 2020.  

So, what difference?   

Resilience born of experience, perspective, lessons learned & the luck of a level playing field.

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So what’s a memoir? It’s simply a tool – and it’s best described by Julia Cameron – who created it:

“The Memoir is a weekly exercise that builds upon itself. You will divide your life into sections; as a rule of thumb, divide your age by twelve, and this is the number of years you will cover each week…you will trigger vivid memories, discover lost dreams, and find unexpected healing and clarity...

Along the way, you will find dreams you wish to return to, ideas you are ready to discard, wounds you are ready to heal, and most of all, an appreciation for the life you have led.”

“Anonymous was a Woman”…

…and still is – far too often.

This book was a gift from a friend back in the 80s when I was learning to quilt.

I treasured it and gave copies to a cadre of good friends with whom I shared a passion for ‘antiquing’ – or rather scavenging the markets of Lancaster County.

Coffee klatches, consciousness-raising groups and water coolers were among the favoured gathering places in my lifetime. Humans are social animals, we thrive in community and whither in isolation.

And conversations drive change- whether it’s personal, professional or civic.

The gatherings haven’t changed much – but they have reflected changing times.

I’m passionate about celebrating the privilege of living in a place so beautiful that C.S. Lewis modelled Narnia on it. Carlingford Lough & the Mournes is where he spent childhood summers with his grandmother.

I’m passionate about working to teach entrepreneurship, creating jobs and bringing investment.

The granddaughter of a reluctant emigrant, I returned a century after he left to find work. The children of this island are leaving again. We are exporting 1000 a week. 54,000 left in a 12-month period between 2010 & 11.

Sadder still is that we are now exporting our first generation reared in peace. We must focus on exporting their intellectual property, not our children.

The change I encourage is to repair and restore your own sense of self and to bring those lessons and habits into an effort to repair and restore your world.

Whatever attracted you to this blog and my work, you are very welcome.