The Bird's Words a.a.gallagher

  DISPOSSESSION a. a.gallagher Dispossession - a universal term which can be applied to both the singular and plural facets of life and living! unsplash — Rafael Ishkhanyan D rummers tap B rush S tretched skins; A ccompanied by D oom ridden chants. * S enseless rants O rders made, S ections, slain, I ndustrial action L ate Blooming. * W e tread the measure o f a different note, a s masters of our new regime d ispense by rote, t hrough media route, B ulletins to staff. * T o slash, C ut, P re-budget, B odies fall V ictims to the greater good. * unsplash— Marten Bjork —  “Victims to the greater good” T he frail fail, A s superior staff of note, D isplay acquiescence T o democratic demi-gods * P ersonal needs, F eed ambitions, P ower driven T o   slash staff ….A nd cities. * a.a.gallagher copyright 1997 all right reserved Also published on Medium https://tiny.cc/#

  When someone else’s opinion really mattered to me…..that of my mother photo: a.a.gallagher 2014 Some years ago, when the world was a happier place my husband who was an Anglican minister at the time, and I decided at our almost retirement stage in life, to test the real estate market regarding our financial capabilities. Retirement was looming and the prospect of being dependent on rented accommodation was unappealing. Insecurity of leasing plus the fact that we would be unable to keep a dog pushed us on towards our seemingly unattainable goal. Priests don’t get paid huge salaries and so I was working in town away from his Parish to bolster the coffers, only returning home at the weekends. Our plan was to become eligible in the eyes of the bank for a mortgage. Well this was managed at some personal cost and excitedly we bought our little lavender-coloured, weatherboard cottage in a country town closer to the capitol than where we were currently residing. I exchanged the bedsit fo...

                                                      unsplash — Lobo Hamburg — Lonely Solitude - Alone But Not Lonely S olitude is a word that is rich in meaning, is empathetic and rolls off the tongue, almost melodious and mellifluous in sound bytes. However for a such beautiful sounding word the meaning can be quite harsh. S olitude bears the scars of the hermit, the anti-social, the remote individual residing amidst a busy group of people. A lone but not necessarily lonely, the solitary stand apart from society. The solitary favours no one with their company. F rom the monk enjoying cloistered living to those residing in aged care or indeed those enduring an existence overshadowed by for example schizophrenia ; living the life of the solitary can take on very different aspects. F rom a purely romantic point of view the monk or the recluse plunge...