love and care: Recent Episodes
shaun deeney
The Hotel du Cap…a love story My book, Love and Care is out now…here you can read how a glorious fool was so obsessed with what love is and why we love, that he very nearly made a film…
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After an absence of some months, the wanderer returns with news…of a book…you can find out more by listening…
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These are unhappy times, but is there any comfort to be found? The last place we might think to look would be a shoot ’em up spaghetti western, but these are also strange times…
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season three greetings, new beginnings despite Coronavirus, because Spring too is in the air…
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in which jelly, once a special treat for her grand daughters, becomes a threat to mum’s life…
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in which we celebrate an arrival and a departure, comings and goings, death and a new life…
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…in which I find time to think about my own future and take the long view on what I might want when the time comes…
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…in which my guru shows me how to ‘live in the now’ and I offer thanks by way of a bowl of those cheesy puff-things and an ice cold drink as the sun sinks low in the sky…
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…in which I recount a typical day, look back on those three dates I managed to squeeze in before mum’s escape from the care home and Maisie the dog pays a visit, along with daughters and ex-wife…
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in which the past comes alive over a cup of tea only to vanish in the face of present woes and future concerns…
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in which I launch a daring daylight raid on the care home and, to my surprise, meet little resistance in liberating both my mother and her rather splendid orchid…
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…in which I lose my father, spend some hours fishing despite the strong scent of deja vu, find my father again and look for a travelling companion for the journey to come…
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in which I finally break the news to my mother, who remains calm throughout, and face the scorn of drunken cavaliers alone…for now…
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in which an ‘outing’ leads to an unlikely bond between adversaries and the reservations of well-intentioned parties rattle my confidence…
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in which, I, or rather we, ruminate on love at first sight and Genie’s photo in particular…why did she choose it? Am I reading too much into it? And what would Genie herself say?
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in which my father comes back to life, only to face a ruthless assassination attempt by his faithless son…
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in which love arrives unexpectedly, in the form of a photograph…a photograph of a woman I recognise and yet have never seen before…
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in which the end of one life signals the beginning of another, and I recall a road trip to the south of France…
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in which the story is outlined, the main characters introduced and we set off on a voyage of discovery…
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