Author Post: Mo Foster

HOME FOR THE ONE ARMED NON HERO

http://loudwomen.blogspot.com/2010/03/home-for-one-armed-non-hero.html

So here I am in splendid isolation the better to write, with my dog for company - though she is a late riser and doesn't show until after 9. I am still one armed though doing my physio and have slung the sling except when I go out,. 4 the sympathy factor - has not yet worked but am hopeful. I discovered a djebella that I got in tangier, adjusting trousers is another thing hard to do with one hand a, along with cutting up food, putting on a beret, picking up dog turds, hanging out washing, peeling spuds and typing. I was very disappointed nobody noticed, was reduced to drawing attention to my exotic wear - somebody mentioned cultural imperialism so I shut up,but I will not be put off.. I have also recycled a few skirts that fit - unfortunately I seem to have become completely tubular so they tend to descend -very slowly but with the inexorable power of gravity, inducing the most godawful feelings of insecurity...so either I buy braces or dump them. I do intend to return to finish my previous WHOOPEE blog and tell about the marvellous meeting I began to speak of. been tuned in to radio 4, it murmurs in the background a lot of stuff about venables the 10 year old killer, emotive stuff too. I think it would be very surprising if, after years of incarceration he had emerged intact - but what do I know....however I was in prison in the 60s and though I met some lovely women I can't say it equipped me for a glittering or dull career, on the contrary I was scared of traffic and institutionalised after 4 months so imagine how traumatised a child would be after many years!!!

Hurray my first exclamation marks for weeks!!!

Mo