my riches...

This Libran's riches don't relate to a bank account...Although I wouldn't say no to some improvement in the latter...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 16, 2022

closing a life chapter...

PASSING THOUGHT: Visited Mornington Cemetery this morning to close a life chapter. We used to go to Balnarring Beach on Good Friday, so I brought the beach to him...3 cuttlefish shells+peace messages...
Not sad. Just relieved that I've cast aside last traces of my bitterness...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 15, 2022

last doc's appointment...

PASSING THOUGHT: Just home from my last appointment with my doctor this morning...Flu injection done...Paperwork for new doctor in hand...6 months of scripts to take to Chemist Warehouse...
Doc was thrilled with my gift...
I was there for half an hour
and he charged nothing🙏...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 5, 2022

My dentist yesterday was chatting before she started and asked how my partner was. I burst into tears. She touched my shoulder and informed me that she's actually a trained counsellor. Plus, she's been through this too. So cool that my dental care came with bonus counselling 😀

— Sandy Horne (@SandyHorne61) April 5, 2022

My GP on the Mornington Peninsula has been my unexpected support through my tragedies over the last few years...I couldn't ask for better...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 5, 2022

curse of money...

I know the feeling too well...I'm far from 'cashed up' (very worried about my next life phase money-wise), BUT I gave all I had to 2 partners. Both gambled. One couldn't work because of cancer. I gave the latter all I had PLUS stole from my accounts+sucked me dry. Just moving on.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 3, 2022

Stayed with cancer-ridden partner right to the end. His children cut him off...Suspected a great deal, but he denied wrongdoing...He was dying alone, so I stayed. My conscious couldn't leave him alone. Found many lies of who he really was when I met his children at his funeral...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 4, 2022

I feel that there's no point in continuing to drown in my 'heartache' stories...Solves nothing...I refuse to be bitter+take my pain out on others...Even struggling to accept (without guilt) my daughter's temporary assistance...
I guess I'm proud+used to fighting my own battles...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 4, 2022

filtering guilt...

Then, to filter the guilt, you plan on doubling efforts the next day...or plan to spread the extra workload over the week...(sometimes it works)...
Guilty as charged...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 3, 2022

pain of being highly sensitive...

Yes!...And sometimes it can be painful...At times, we feel so helpless that we cannot divert or change the truth we feel...It just will unfold...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 3, 2022

classical and heavy metal...

Yes+no...Love classical except most opera...Love some heavy metal but not headbanging music...Love most jazz but not experimental...Not keen on country unless it's more folksy...Love reggae+celtic...Love trying music from other countries...
My mood+time of day call the shots...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 3, 2022

imminent exile...

imminent exile
my daily trees
soon to be just photos #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 27, 2022

breathing drizzled sunshine...

breathing drizzled sunshine
space to melt
the worry lines #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 27, 2022

I'm not weird...

Jus' cos'... pic.twitter.com/JaJX9hhhlX

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 26, 2022

three years ago today...

three years ago today
you took the hand of
eternal sleep
leaving me
wide awake#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 11, 2022

rampage...

PASSING THOUGHT: Awake from early hours...Shock waves ...Shane Warne's death...My stressed daughter (also awake) handling heavy school student disclosure+her hubby's 2 terminally ill parents...Her hubby drove ill father (currently with daughter) 5 hours to his wife in ICU 😟...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 4, 2022

rampage
many personal lives face
personal wars
a defiant Universe
on the loose#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 4, 2022

PASSING THOUGHT: Not sure why the Universe is setting so many tripwires + booby traps along the road to my future...I feel the Universe gave me so many signs + even pushed me this way, + yet the road is so rugged...
Perhaps the Universe wants my inner strength to lift a notch...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 5, 2022

listing daily achievements...

Not sure if this will help, but I'm feeling more in control by listing my daily achievements...It seems to take care of my spiritual health too...Especially feel good if that achievement involves doing something I haven't wanted to do...
I get a lingering buzz + sigh of relief...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 22, 2022

all I am...

happiness is
the art of
being all I am
gracefully
on some days#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 17, 2022

my stark reality...

my stark reality
I'm on a bicycle
built for two
but I'm the only one
pedalling#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 12, 2022

political anxiety...

PASSING THOUGHT: My poor poetic spirit has unwillingly succumbed to political saturation...
Political anxiety seems to be a rising force these days...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 9, 2022

a day of mixed blessings...

PASSING THOUGHT: It's been a day of mixed blessings...
1. Multiple bills from AGL=computer error...But I had to ring them to find out...
2. Packed 3 boxes for moving...+much sorting for Salvos...Thought I'd get more packed...
3. Blood pressure monitor not working🤔return to GP...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 8, 2022

self-imposed deadline...

PASSING THOUGHT: Counting down the last precious minutes before 9:00am - my self-imposed deadline for Twitter wanderings+facing up to the 'must do's for the day...
e.g. Contact AGL -Why have you sent me 3 bills each for gas+electricity (over 3 days)+each one is different?
🤔🤔...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 7, 2022

I am the kangaroo today...

This image sums up my day today...
In the foreground, how I felt about the many 'must do's' that dominated my day...
In the background, where I wished to be... https://t.co/R19wUOSJ0g

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 7, 2022

voluntary lockdown...

I've never been a social butterfly, but now I'm more a hermit than ever.
Some friends continue socialising, so I've not met up with them.
Just teach part-time+supermarket shopping (for the past 2 years).
I read+write.
Walks will increase post-tourist season on my peninsula.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 7, 2022