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20.1.26
Day fades towards dusk. Branches float air into sight, calm faint fears of spring.
Maxine Linnell
2 days ago1 min read


That taste
I haven't posted anything for a while - there's writing, but it's not quite for here. The book is taking over, but this poem seems to...
Maxine Linnell
Aug 25, 20251 min read


Memories
Leicester factories used to shut down for the first two weeks of July, and it seemed like everyone headed off to Skegness. We went for a...
Maxine Linnell
Jun 27, 20251 min read


Heart
During these last few months of moving home, I've had to step back from the Soar Valley Dementia Project. I went back last week. A...
Maxine Linnell
Jun 12, 20251 min read


Routes
Buddhism and meditation have been important in my life for decades, and this is time to bring them back right to the centre - less...
Maxine Linnell
May 21, 20252 min read


Don't think about the bears
The book I didn't expect to write is growing. This blog is part of the growth, and I'm grateful to the people who support it, friends but...
Maxine Linnell
Apr 8, 20256 min read


What is the story: Auguste and the Alzheimer story
It's a while since i posted anything, and in the end I decided to take off the last post. It just wasn't working. This one includes a...
Maxine Linnell
Mar 10, 20256 min read


Fruits
This morning I woke up Laurie Anderson only with my name or maybe that might change each experience dot becomes my her her my a light...
Maxine Linnell
Jan 21, 20251 min read


Move
The last three weeks haven't been a time to write, as I've moved house. Highs, lows, interminable boxes, important things buried...
Maxine Linnell
Jan 8, 20251 min read
She’d lost herself, she said
This is not a happy read, and if you feel it's not for you, perhaps it's best not to read it. I'll find an image soon. Some people know...
Maxine Linnell
Oct 7, 20243 min read


Open the Doors
This is an edited transcript of a talk for Open the Doors on 24th September. Open the Doors is based in Australia, ' an innovative,...
Maxine Linnell
Sep 25, 20246 min read


not all who wander...
sometimes poems are mysteries like this one although there's something ordinary in here maybe less inhibited it's long and might be short...
Maxine Linnell
Aug 24, 20242 min read


Special
Not my image, but I stayed in the Drakensberg mountains while I was on a four-week Buddhist solitary retreat in South Africa. The cabin I...
Maxine Linnell
Jul 5, 20243 min read


through - a poem
At last, a new poem. I'm trying to get back to what's important for me - not that the petition and campaigning aren't important, but the...
Maxine Linnell
Jun 25, 20241 min read


A DEEP group
As part of Alzheimer's action week, Ben Jackson from Radio Leicester visited our small Deep group in Quorn. You can find the two five...
Maxine Linnell
Jun 1, 20241 min read


It's in our hands
Thanks to Julie for this image - right now it's easy to feel alienated from what's going on in the world. Such a reminder not to hide or...
Maxine Linnell
May 31, 20242 min read


Notes from today
Recent poems might scorch this page if I shared them! This is my Easter effort, eggs dyed with red cabbage. Like so many things, they're...
Maxine Linnell
Apr 28, 20242 min read


The Long Goodbye - or not
I’ve been neglecting this blog the last week or so. I’d like to be able to say that’s for positive reasons. But I can’t. This week has...
Maxine Linnell
Mar 30, 20245 min read


The only time
I didn't know Wendy personally, so this poem's theme is how her life and decisions have affected me, through her writing and through her...
Maxine Linnell
Mar 2, 20242 min read


Wendy Mitchell, an inspiration
Wendy Mitchell, the best-selling author of 'Somebody I used to know', 'What I wish I'd known about dementia', and 'One last thing', has...
Maxine Linnell
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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