Author Archives: lizamartinpope

I had been in an intimate realationship almost every moment of my adult life. Then my husband passed away unexpectedly. He told me that it was ok to move forward. I was insistent at the time it was not going to be easy. I have been alone now for several years. Alone in the senseContinue reading “Being alone for a while…”

These two activities could not be more different. Yoga, the exercise that I love to do alone. Its meditative qualities and stretchs that elongate the body and have really been the driving force in my maintaining a twelve stone weight loss some years ago. As I move between yoga poses, I am not sure thatContinue reading “Yoga or Sex … tough choice”

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man of fortune must be in want of a wife !… Is there another opening of a book that completely sums up patriarchal society and the ironic female lense through which Jane Austin wrote ? … I consider this the best book ever written, by a manContinue reading “Guess who … JA”

For me a woman born and raised in Hampshire, the character I would most like to be from a book or film is the Elizabeth Bennet. A sharp wit, observational intelligence, well read and aware of society and the constraints it places upon women. But mostly because she shows the propensity to review her viewsContinue reading “Elizabeth…”

She was called Fluff. She was the cat who lived at my Nans house when I was a small child. She was independent, outdoor cat. There was no litter tray required. She padded into the house as I sat at the breakfast table in my Jim’s jams, supping rice pops and milk, with a cupContinue reading “Cats Rule Ok !!…”

A Job, the mutual exchange of labour for reward. Many years in England I worked tirelessly, wanting to achieve for myself and family, my organisation and in many respects communities. This contract although with my employers, was also part of a wider contract with the country. The provision of healthcare and education funded by myContinue reading “Job or Duty ?…”

The Ferguson colour television, that sat in the corner of the large lounge at my Nanak home. Very few people had a colour television of such size. She purchased it, so her evenings and spare time, outside of her work for Vospers, was spent knitting sweaters for my brother and I, watching television programmes. OftenContinue reading “Ice Skating…”

So I have worked in a variety of ways in the community, from policing, community work, management of community based businesses and working in family owned businesses. This was something that for so many years I was passionate about. Working in the community and delivering service and the environment for fiscal growth is a privilege.Continue reading “Demonstrate integrity…”

No matter our skin colour, race, religion or sex at birth. These actually are the aspects of being human that give all humans similarity. Yet what makes us unique is what scars we incur with the body that was God given. My personality and my sense of self is unique, however, personalities can fall intoContinue reading “Scars …”

Laughing the joyful expression that identifies humans as happy, joyous and having fun. So many things make me smile and laugh. The most usual though is seeing or hearing something that reminds me of my own actions or decisions that are so crazy they are funny. Some examples include, staying in a brothel, not identifyingContinue reading “April Fool… lol”