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Well, I’ve been so busy being the living man, José Lacey, that I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to be his alter ego, Joseph D’Lacey. However, in spite of me ignoring him, he appears to still be very much on the scene. For some reason I don’t understand, MEAT is once again racing up the […]
Read More Publishing UpdateThe wise and lovely Katherine MacBean, one of the PHA’s founding members, put a thread up on Twitter that really got me thinking. I started writing a reply and seconds later realised I couldn’t keep it within the bounds of a tweet! So, here’s where Katherine’s thoughts took me: It’s difficult because many of us […]
Read More When a Tweet just isn’t long enough!This is a personal missive to each and every member of the NCA, whether we’ve met yet or not. I want you all to know how the NCA’s camaraderie has affected me over the last eighteen months. Until the summer of 2021, my family and I felt extremely isolated by what we’d learned about the […]
Read More A Christmas message to the Northamptonshire Community AssemblyIn the race to see which location might be first to give us a working PHA Health Hub in Northamptonshire, it looks like the proposed ‘lodge’ at Wold Farm (near Crick) might be pulling into the lead. When Ian Litchfield first told me he would build us a hub on his farm, I couldn’t quite […]
Read More PHA Northants Hub News 13/12/2022“WHATEVER YOU CAN DO OR DREAM YOU CAN, BEGIN IT;BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER AND MAGIC IN IT.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe We are working to create magic and healing at 14 Clarence Avenue in Kingsthorpe. It will take time and there are many things that still need to be discussed and organised. That said, there’s […]
Read More Want to work with the People’s Health Alliance in Northampton?That moment has finally arrived when the two major plot threads of my life, thus far, must converge. Back in the summer, I attended a small healing festival not far from where we live. On the Saturday, I spoke about my writing experiences as Joseph D’Lacey and read from Black Feathers. On the Sunday, I […]
Read More When worlds collide (ever so gently)Yesterday (28.10.2022) Athynea, Maria and I went to 14 Clarence Avenue in Kingsthorpe to meet AJ and Sheila, the owners of what was once a doctor’s surgery. Our mission? To secure premises that could become the first physical PHA Health Hub in the county. AJ and Sheila are beautiful souls, wide awake to the needs […]
Read More The first physical PHA Health Hub in Northamptonshire?We had another amazing turnout at the Liburd Community Room in Kingsthorpe – 30 people again. What surprised and delighted me was the number of new faces; word about the PHA is spreading fast. Because the Northamptonshire Community Assembly and the PHA have such similar aims, they’re symbiotically connected in my view. My heartfelt thanks […]
Read More PHA Northamptonshire Hub Meeting 13 October, Liburd Community RoomOnce again, Mark Sexton has been busy. He doesn’t present this video but he’s there in the background and, clearly, he’s orchestrating to some degree. This is a successful mission. As I don’t have Premium WordPress, I can’t upload a video file, however these 4 minutes of information will change lives and save many more: […]
Read More Jibby-Jabby shutdown – Get out there and do it.If Twitter wanted to come up with a new way of interesting people in their social media platform, they could try a slogan like this: “You’re free to say whatever you want, as long as we approve it.” It’s kind of a shame because I’ve had a lot of fun on Twitter over the years. […]
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