"Passive" is not a word normally associated with fashion. Fashion does not have a passive bone in its body. Personal style, however, which is what I usually write about, has more to do with accepting what and who you are than it has to do with blindly following the herd. Personal style and passive acceptance fit more neatly together the older we get C as neatly as a well-worn Birkenstock to a battered (but pedicured) middle-aged foot. We know what we like and barring the occasional surprising discovery, that is that.
It's appropriate that this is Invisible Woman blog No 90. Ninety is the age my father (the Aged or Ailing Parent to my Twitter followers) had ambitions of reaching. Alas, this is not to be. A little while ago he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and he, and we his family, thought that was it. Months and not years is what the doctors said and yet here he is nearly two years later just beginning the final leg of his journey. A lot is written of "journeys" and "battles", particularly in relation to this wretched disease, but really all any of us can do is struggle through to the best of our ability and then hope for the best. Sometimes that means sitting, and waiting, and just being there for those we love. To continue the battle analogy, we have to sit on our kit bags, crack jokes and hang around for however long it takes. We have to accept, passively, that all that can be done has been done.
When that phone call comes and you need to drop everything and pack a bag; when your nerves are jangling like a dropped piano, just pause for a minute, take a few deep breaths and think about what will make you feel better. The things you are fond of are important at a time like this. They help you to cope and they provide you with some emotional respite. They are your grownup comfort blanket.
Having spent most of last week wrestling with hospices, the NHS, my peculiar family, the ridiculously hot weather and, of course, my dear old Pa, I realise that although I got a lot of it right (because I know my own style and what makes me happy) I forgot a few things that are entirely necessary for me. But we will have to go through other versions of this again over the coming days so, with the benefit of experience, here are some things that I'm keeping on standby for the next time the balloon goes up, and the time after that.
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The exact nature of the Blackhollow Project is unclear, but its likely associated with the Blackhollow Point lighthouse. A postcard taped to the lid of the box featured the historic site. On the back of the postcard, an impassioned letter, The Spy declared his intention to keep his promise and wait for his love. If a news clipping about the Blackhollow Point lighthouse keeper is to be believed he kept that promise, waiting at Blackhollow Point for decades.
While the story of a lovesick soldier pining for a lost love is a compelling one, the truth might not be quite so simple. According to the Blackhollow Project website, the lighthouse keeper has gone missing. And while the former OSS operative was unquestionably pining after a lost love, he was also standing watch over a device constructed in parallel with the atomic bomb to ensure victory for the Allied Forces. With quantum fluctuations striking 16 different locations across North America and Europe, piecing together the details of Project Archimedes has become essential.
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