That’s good enough for me…
Posted: June 12, 2016 Filed under: FEMINISM | Tags: ageing, Chaka Khan, Cookie Monster, dementia, Elder Clowns, family members with dementia, I like to sing, music therapy, old age, PRINCE, scientific studies, senility, Sinead O'Connor, singing dancing and Clown Doctoring, singing is good for the soul, songs in the key of life, Stevie Wonder 2 CommentsLast week I arrived at my mother’s nursing home to find she was watching Julie Andrews on the big screen TV with a group of other residents. She was very happy singing along to Edelweiss and Climb Every Mountain.
Then I read that a study by U.S. scientists has shown that the brain function of those suffering from dementia can be improved if they belt out their favourite show tunes.
Researchers working with elderly residents at a US East Coast care home in a four-month long study found that people who sang their favorite songs showed a marked improvement compared to those who just listened.
Among the songs sung during 50-minute sessions were hits from The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma and The Sound of Music.
The most improvement was among those sufferers with moderate to severe dementia. I must keep my mama singing.
When my kids put me in a home for bewildered single mothers, hopefully I’ll be busting some moves to Gett Off by Prince, and my favourite Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan tunes. But I’ll probably be warbling, “C is for Cookie, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie start with C. Yeah!” on repeat.
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I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss
Posted: March 19, 2015 Filed under: ART, LOVE, SONGS | Tags: exciting times, great Irish musicians, great Irish writers, How About I Be Me and You Be You?, Irish singers, love, powerful female fire horses, Sinead O'Connor, Sinead O'Connor - Feel So Different, single mothers with attitude Leave a commentAs a financially-challenged single mother I don’t usually have the money to buy myself special presents but last Christmas I made an exception. I’ve waited more than 25 years to see the sassy, funny, extraordinary Sinead O’Connor and tonight I’m going to the Sydney Opera House to hear her live. Her music has helped me through some really tough times and I cannot wait to see her up close.
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Sleep in heavenly peace
Posted: December 24, 2013 Filed under: SONGS, Thought For the Day | Tags: be merry, Christmas carols, Christmas cheer, Christmas Eve, Christmas Songs, drink, eat, Felice Navidad, gifts, giving, Holy night Batman, Joyeux Noel, presents for single mothers, reindeer, reindeers on the roof, Santa, Santa in his sleigh, Santa stop here, Santa wants to come down the chimney but it's blocked, Silent NIght, Sinead O'Connor, Tis the season to be greedy Leave a commentOf course Santa is having a happy Christmas, he knows where all the naughty people live and he gets to party with them. I hope when Santa drops down my chimney that he is good looking and he finds out I’ve been naughty and my children have been nice. Merry Christmas, here come the reindeer.
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Nothing compares
Posted: December 29, 2012 Filed under: FEMINISM, LOVE, Thought For the Day | Tags: be kind to each other, compassion, End violence against women, Jyoti, kindness, mindless violence, RIP Jyoti, Sinead O'Connor, women can change the world 1 CommentI’m so sad about Jyoti, the poor woman who was attacked by six men in India, what a terrible way to die. Jyoti was a medical student, I wonder at the good she would have done in her country had she lived. I hope her death makes us change the world and bring an end to assaults against women. Like the shooting of innocent babies in Connecticut USA, may her violent shocking death make us wake up to change. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, “Her body has passed away, but her soul shall forever stir our hearts.”
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Happy Birthday Sinead
Posted: December 8, 2012 Filed under: ART, Birthdays, SONGS, Thought For the Day | Tags: Chinese astrology, December 8 birthdays, female singers, Fire Horse, Irish female singers, Sinead O'Connor, Troy 1 CommentShe is one of my favourite singers, a fiery, feisty Irish wonder. In Chinese astrology Sinead O’Connor is a Fire Horse, some people apparently find female fire horses scary. I’m one too. This is Sinead at her powerful best.
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