The Wayward Path
Navigating with no map but the compass of my heart
Catherine’s Substack
Reflections and poetry inspired by the woods and moors, and my experiences in healing from Parkinson’s Disease and cancer.
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Chemo Ground Zero
Walking through the healing fire that is chemo
Of rags and bones (continued)
Continuing despatches from inside a dismemberment
Of rags and bones
Mythic snippet from inside a dismemberment
Beginning again
A new diagnosis, a new journey into trust and despair, love and fear, and how the opposites always dance together
Not just a muddy pond..
Magic lies in a different perspective
Emptiness
Words have felt too finite to describe this passage through emptiness. Yet tonight the full moon nudged me to write again...
It's not how far or how fast. It's just how.
Disrupting the linear.
Not fighting
What happens when we cease to 'fight' illness and instead, dance with it?
Inviting the storm
A poem for all those grieving right now, whether it's for the loss of a loved one or for the loss of kindness, sanity and love in our world.
Blackbird territory
On travelling through the strange space between wellness and illness.
Labyrinth
Learning the art of being lost on purpose
Heron wings
Sometimes a new vista opens up, a fragile whiff of freedom that's so welcome on the days when my limitations seem to define me.
Crow Passage
Through the bone-white days of this passage I step, vagabond traveller in its trackless hours. The land, here, marked by dark scatters of feathers, and there, a bare-limbed tree insists stark presence.
Kissing the Hag
On turning a bit of dominant culture upside down and emptying out its pockets
Laughing at daffodils
Meditation has become a core healing practice for me since my diagnosis. It's bringing me a surprising amount of sheer joy, which has to be good for my dopamine levels...
Healing from Parkinson's Disease
The Diagnosis
Coming soon
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