Wednesday 4 July 2007

The baby, the cat and Gypsy Acora.


I am so tired. My brain is even more befuddled than usual, my eyes have reached new heights of red-rimmed grittiness and my muscles refuse to respond to the infrequent calls to work that my exhausted brain is sending them. Yep, Baby Isabella has once more descended into the realms of night stalker despite my best efforts to the contrary, and Tiger Lily, the cat from hell, has yowled all night to keep her company! (Ha, how innocent she looks in the photograph!) Apologies for the fact that this is not a new topic in my blogs and please feel free to scroll down to a merrier note (I promise to try to put one somewhere), but I thought having a quick blog (Oh why does it have to sound so YUKKY!) might order my thoughts and blow away the fog I am currently inhabiting.

Actually, having written that much on the subject I am already tired of its demanding any more of my time - and so to other things.

Logged on this morning and had a look at some of Jane's recommended links - oh I don't know why! Just seemed like a nice thing to do when you have a free five minutes because everyone's b******d off for a change in order to avoid the Grendel-creature that was once their mother!). Anyway, Jane frequently reminds me of myself (sorry Jane, wording this v.badly) due to the Capricorn link which means we are both prone to bouts of self-doubt, have a huge interest in all things spiritual and other worldly, and of course, the all important one, both have to finish reading a book once started however loathsome or boring it may be! So, there I am scrolling through her list when I discover one for a psychic called Beverly Night. Oops, just popped off to check on that as I thought it didn't seem right - it's Michele Knight (quelle Twerp!) Clicked on the link and there unfolded a world of paranormal experiences including free readings. Well, it had to be done didn't it? I had a go on the house number one where you put in the number of your house - no! Really Pip! - and in return Michele gives you the appropriate reading. Boy was I pleased! Our house number is all about love with a capital L - in family, relationships and with a heavy emphasis on the romantic. Of course, there was that little bit at the end about a possibility for obsessional love being somewhat a destructive force, but I am a firm believer in only taking the parts that work for you (good grief, now I sound like some sort of Sweeny Todd character!) Give it a go and see what pops up for you.

On a similar theme, there is a Romany psychic called Acora who is based in Plymouth - not Cornwall, but close enough that he makes frequent forays over the river - and many years ago Dave and I both went for a reading when he set up caravan in Truro for a few days. At the time we were not 'together' and had met up for the day as friends. We queued seperately as I was determined he should not link us in any way and finally Dave entered the hallowed van for his fortune to be told. He was not in a very happy place as his marriage had not long broken up and, as with many things in life, despite it having been an unhappy relationship for many years, it was still a horrendous thing to go through at the time. When his reading had finished he went to a nearby cafe to wait for me and a little while later my turn had come.

I admit to a feeling of trepidation as I sat in the kitsch and far too modern caravan. Where was the quaint Romany van with its painted woodwork and pots and pans? No, all I could focus on were the plethora of photographs adorning the walls, each one a black and white shot of a celebrity, Acora's elfin face poking into view at one or other corner in every one. The huge poster shot of the elegantly clad Welsh songstress exuding glamour from every pore and bearing nothing more than the legend 'Shirley' in exuberant lettering particularly caught my eye! Hmm, was I in good company, I wondered.

Acora read my palm, read the Tarot and got me to peer into the crystal ball - the upshot was that I was going through some terrible times (yep), had been for a long time (yep) and that it was about to change for the better (Oh thank the Lord!). He said I would have two children with a younger man whose name began with a 'D', who had loved me for a long time but had not yet told me so. He said I was unaware of this although many others saw it (was he calling me dense I wonder?). He also said I would be a published write, or would be well known for my writing and that it would be factual not fiction (blogging perhaps?). Suddenly, the tiny figure of the Gypsy Acora leapt from the bench seat it had formerly been perching upon to announce with vigour that 'someone has put a curse on your head which has been responsible for all your bad fortune. I take that curse (and he grabbed it from somewhere over my head) and send it back to them sevenfold,' at which point he sank back to his former state of ease! Well, shivers ran down my spine, I can tell you!

I imagine many of you have worked out the Dave link here. The strange thing is that at the time I was annoyed. I remember meeting up with Dave in the cafe and relating it all back to him, scoffing at the fact that he must have noticed us talking before we queued and laughing at the notion that I should have any more children when I was already coping with three on my own. Ha, that'll teach me! Poor Dave sat there in silence as I gently shattered what I later found out were his hopes for the future - a life with me and our children, one huge happy family with a like-minded partner who would allow him to be the person he had buried for years and, hopefully, with one or two little beings of our own to cement the family together.

Fluke or a true gift for reading the future? I'll leave you to decide.

Bye for now xx
(and sorry JAne for name-dropping!)

21 comments:

  1. That's a rather weird thing to find on your comments.
    I do hope baby Isa decides to sleep soon.

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  2. Well, Anonymous was clearly as blown away as I was! Wow, spooky or what? And fascinating... poor Dave, still it worked out in the end. Very entertaining, Pip.(that house number thing is calling but I don't think I dare!)

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  3. Strange indeed........I dont beieve in such things and YET, had a very eerie reading with a clairvoyant once which was incredibly true........

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  4. You should try visiting a psychic medium, I feel you will be surprised. I'm always a little wary of the clairvoyants and palm readers in caravans! We have one in Seahouses but I haven't been.
    Crystal xx

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  5. Let me reassure you there is life after sleep deprivation, I worled out once i had not slept for a complet enight for about ten years then suddenly smallest slept through now I can not even remeber what it flet like..However the other night teh dogs barked and howled all night and I drove to school like a zombee ont eh verge of tears to tired to think or do anyting adn I suddenly remebered Ah yes jsut like all those years when the kids were small!! One day sleep too will be yours!!

    Try camomile tea bag in moaninfg minnies bedtime bath and lots of lavender on her pillow..

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  6. Bit of a skeptic myself but they do seem to read people. Apparently one of my uncles could do palm reading and was pretty close to the mark with it. He is Hindu, I don't know whether that would have had anything to do with it.

    Anyway talk about strange coincidences my eldest is Thomas, my no 3 Sam and no 4 is Elliot which is a form of Elias and of course our cat is Tiger Lily too.

    Lovely photo of the two of you and thank goodness he did finally get the message across to you.

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  7. Now does this mean you removed my boring long commetn on horrors of child induced lack of sleep or is it being spell checked and moderated I wonder? Anyway lavendar drops on little miss angries pillow (her not you, although try it on yours too!)and camomile tea bag in small persons bath..

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  8. I want to know how my cat can live in two places at once. How can he be fast asleep with you and stalking round my garden at the same time, Spooky!

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  9. Very eerie. I went to a fortune teller once many years ago and she was rubbish - can't remember what she said now as I only went along to keep my friend happy. My husband went to see one in Singapore who told him he would be rich by the time he's 35 - and that he would also be on his second marriage by then! Not sure where that leaves me!! Hope I'm still around to enjoy the riches!!

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  10. back again have full filled my tag task and am tagging you. Grouse thought it would be good for me can't wait to see what you come up with I struggled big time.

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  11. Oh wow Pipany ...really interesting. I've never had a fortune read that seemed really 'me' but I always go for it.

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  12. love the photo of the cat and the story of gypsy Acora. Oh hope you get some sleep soon!

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  13. I've always wished to brave enough to go to a seer, but have never got up the nerve. It's a good thing you and Dave were gently pushed along by fate until you came together properly and managed all the things that Dave had hoped for!
    I hope your days (and nights) are getting better!

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  14. As a fellow Capricorn felt a lot in common with you, and Jane of course. Discovered new girl in office is a Tarot Card reader so I may venture by her room soon! She also does colour healing, but dont know much about that. She thinks I need a lot more green around me - I havent the heart to tell her about my 5 acres of ruddy green grass lawns. Perhaps you can have too much green!

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  15. I have to say I am fascinated by all that mumbo jumbo. There has to be something in some of it. I had my tarot cards done 2 years ago and it was uncanny.

    warm wishes
    xx

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  16. Sorry-I forgot to comment and that beautiful cat. I much prefer dogs to cats but she is gorgeous.
    xx

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  17. I don't believe in such things either but i do believe that we can't explain everything. so glad for you that it all came out this way, though hope you lose your sleepless nights pretty quickly.

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  18. Also- we dont have a house number, so what then?

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  19. Hi it's Chris - just popping over to say do keep trying to get on the new site, it took me a day. Look forwards to 'seeing' you soon.

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  20. Love the story of Gypsy Acora.And that wonderful cat -- looks far too lovely to cause nocturnal trouble, but then babies look all innocent too! hope I. is sleeping a bit better.

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  21. Oh I'm so undecided about that kind of stuff. I had my palm read earlier this year (it was at an event and free!) and she was spot on, like stalkerish spot on

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