tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.comments2023-03-25T03:11:06.489-07:00Gravediggin' Under the Mancy WayGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-67700746242345481782021-08-08T12:09:18.622-07:002021-08-08T12:09:18.622-07:00Three years later...thank you for your kind commen...Three years later...thank you for your kind comment, much appreciated. I reckon I had better get posting again. I've been way too quiet and have plenty of stories to tell...<br />There's been way too much craziness going on and sometimes just putting it into words can help. <br />Loads of love to all who have supported me in my writing, V xXxXxGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-42508486334911880472020-03-15T16:57:14.602-07:002020-03-15T16:57:14.602-07:00https://www.blogger.com/view-follower.g?followerID...https://www.blogger.com/view-follower.g?followerID=04656736399808595863&blogID=34526977&startIndex=1680engaztop2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16425272296341856411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-18826342276594917292019-07-14T14:32:10.723-07:002019-07-14T14:32:10.723-07:00You like G.B.H??
I looove G.B.H.
They were ol-fash...You like G.B.H??<br />I looove G.B.H.<br />They were ol-fashion-hardcore.<br />Never will find'm again.<br />Love you, G.B.H<br />Love you, two.<br />Cya Upstairs...-blessed b9, Catalyst4Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650964620664544661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-58895401809918656172017-11-21T07:56:33.607-08:002017-11-21T07:56:33.607-08:00Sweetheart. I'm not a heroin addict or any kin...Sweetheart. I'm not a heroin addict or any kind of narcotics addict, but I felt this one down to my bones. You can write it. Keep writing it. I don't know what I'm going to find beyond this initial post, but it's hurt me to the point I know it. You got a gift for narrative. You can tell it. So keep telling.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435666155994542796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-56531566662240844322017-08-15T10:31:23.351-07:002017-08-15T10:31:23.351-07:00Thanks, I'll have to start writing more. I'...Thanks, I'll have to start writing more. I've been so lost for words...<br />Much love and thanks as always for reading xxxGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-74711383471992650792017-06-17T05:13:44.034-07:002017-06-17T05:13:44.034-07:00Good to see you back at. Good to see you back at. Carrion Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878115476778209949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-3041359072001789632017-06-17T00:09:07.937-07:002017-06-17T00:09:07.937-07:00Hi Vee, Great post, I'd forgotten how much I u...Hi Vee, Great post, I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy reading your words. Xkarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348192514955706097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-28630626497395011292016-07-09T12:50:56.608-07:002016-07-09T12:50:56.608-07:00Vee hi- thanks for your site. i have not been down...Vee hi- thanks for your site. i have not been down this road but i can relate to everything that is written here. At first I found it difficult to understand the attitude of those trying to help the addicts. Ofcourse there are some shit workers who really don't give a shit and are looking for less work. however after thinking about it I think a lot of the social workersare just covering their arses; that is to say if a mother does harm or neglect a child the blame and punishment will be at his doorstep. However if he takes the children and puts them into care he is not at risk. Even having come to this conclusion I find it amazing that most social workers are not willing to stick their necks out. Again thanks for giving me an insight to a world I do not know mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832097912720009597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-33258106265183572562016-01-10T18:20:19.266-08:002016-01-10T18:20:19.266-08:00Hey Bren,
Thanks for your comment- and for reading...Hey Bren,<br />Thanks for your comment- and for reading. Apologies for the long delay in replying; my internet connection has been worse than a dealer during a drought for a while now.<br />Many people turn to alcohol because it's the socially acceptable drug- you'd find me passed out on many a pub floor in a pool of smuggled-in Special Brew-vomit back in the days between heroin binges. And my anti-heroin friends who'd not speak to me during the times I was using heroin would pick me up, bring me home in a taxi and lay me down in my hallway. The funny thing is that a lot of keyworkers at cdts seem to think a few drinks of an evening are nothing to worry about (so long as you're reducing your methadone/subs script)...whereas all hell breaks loose if you fail a urine test for opiates now and again.<br />Hypocrisy? You bet your life it is.<br />Thanks again,<br />Vee XGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-16965737169503774342015-11-16T14:50:49.605-08:002015-11-16T14:50:49.605-08:00Hi Vee,
I can't get out the feeling of needine...Hi Vee,<br />I can't get out the feeling of neediness and clinging and desperation that was me as an addict. Even on a perfect sunny day, walking along the beach with nothing planned except laying in the sun - I found a way to see lack and feel as though I was missing out and chase after some sort of fix.<br />Drugs dealers used to shit me too much - so I settled into a decade long slump with alcohol and it nearly killed me.<br />Great interview here - this is awesome work - thank you for all the hard work and dedication to put this together!<br />thanks,<br />BrenBren Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484789907845282383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-33334553720713981712014-10-17T16:33:26.290-07:002014-10-17T16:33:26.290-07:00I went to school with Tanya. I am sad to report th...I went to school with Tanya. I am sad to report that Tanya passed away two weeks ago from a severe asthma attack. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13939265407077264109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-13358491392213390882014-03-12T18:56:15.434-07:002014-03-12T18:56:15.434-07:00Hey,
I can't believe I only just found your ...Hey, <br />I can't believe I only just found your comment...a year latee or what?! So sorry! Oh, memories, huh? I still haven't poster Parts 2,3 & 4...maybe it will be in print one day. I'd like that.<br /><br />I hope you're well and your family too. Much love, Vee xGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-33114070411406132072014-02-19T21:25:01.563-08:002014-02-19T21:25:01.563-08:00I <3 you! I can't wait to read itI <3 you! I can't wait to read itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310508591591023960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-11630387109989930382013-10-29T12:48:25.417-07:002013-10-29T12:48:25.417-07:00Oh, I forgot to say enjoy the skittles! XOh, I forgot to say enjoy the skittles! XGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-21837689757208581702013-10-29T12:46:05.980-07:002013-10-29T12:46:05.980-07:00Hey Karl,
Yeah that 'Proud to be British' ...Hey Karl,<br />Yeah that 'Proud to be British' shit really disturbs me too. Proud of what? Your quote on borders is spot on: 'lines drawn upon a map which are paid for in blood.' Absolutely. I re-read this post and wonder why there's a chunk left out. I hope my computer didn't mass delete a chunk I highlighted then pressed the backspace. There's meant to be a bit where Sammy Berger gives Miriam a book and I can't find it. <br />Oh, but I could ramble and rant for hours but I won't as I'm supposed to be making hot water bottles. It's so cold. Watch out, it'll be mugs of hot cocoa next if I'm not careful!<br />Love as always,<br />Vee X<br />Gravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-81618928622524243832013-10-29T11:47:00.864-07:002013-10-29T11:47:00.864-07:00HIya mate,
Looks like you've been busy here, I...HIya mate,<br />Looks like you've been busy here, I really enjoyed this post. <br />Culture, tradition and identity are fascinating subjects, our his/herstory has a profound effect upon who we are today, BUT when somebody says to me they're proud to be british I cringe at the thought for what seems to me so many obvious reasons, if I go into detail people look at me as if I were an alien. I am an Idealist, I don't believe in borders, they're just lines drawn upon a map which are paid for in blood.<br /> One planet, one race. The question of whether or not they'll be able to live together is a another matter.<br />I'm off for a game of skittles now before I spin off into some philosophical rambling. X<br />PS. "" Forget who you were and become who you are ""karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348192514955706097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-91273877128958500462013-10-25T15:31:19.130-07:002013-10-25T15:31:19.130-07:00The above fiction is based on a beaten wife stabbi...The above fiction is based on a beaten wife stabbing her abuser to death and her ultimate violent suicide...tragically, a not infrequent reality...Gravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-3875305614858758472013-10-25T15:18:21.887-07:002013-10-25T15:18:21.887-07:00Hey eyelick,
Thanks for taking the time to read th...Hey eyelick,<br />Thanks for taking the time to read through my writing. Oh, I've had my share of foolish actions and within the experiences I gathered and still gather I'm glad I convey life and observations in a way you've enjoyed reading.<br />I'm not here to tell a life story, but stories sometimes based around my life and others based on fictional lives. My using or not using is irrelevant in some ways, yet overwhelmingly the subject I'm continually drawn to in my art and my creativity in general.<br />I'm a die-hard romantic in many ways and maybe that's why I stayed so long in a volcanic relationship. But as with any extreme, from injecting heroin and other opiates (or not opiates) to twelve inch mohicans and wearing 'full punk regalia' (as my old friend used to call it) to family weddings, obsession is something I will possibly always explore in my work.<br />Yeah, the Mancy Way is the Mancunian Way, a road under whose flyovers many a need is met with a dig to the vein. <br />This world is perhaps too raw, to painful a place to suffer without anaesthetis. For many, it always will be.<br />I must write a post about my time in the homeless B&not B, where breakfast is served to none and the stench of shit makes the bathroom unbearable,,,and the alcoholic on the second floor who swapped codeine for comments on the shape of girls' arses.<br />Thanks again for your kind comments. I'm so glad you like my b/l/(a)g.<br />Love&Inspiration as ever,<br />Vee XGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-59998495442799362692013-10-25T14:47:42.206-07:002013-10-25T14:47:42.206-07:00Note to self: beg, borrow or cash-generate a decen...Note to self: beg, borrow or cash-generate a decent cameraGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-70621210932005228232013-10-24T04:14:50.876-07:002013-10-24T04:14:50.876-07:00Oh oops you're no longer homeless :)
Remembere...Oh oops you're no longer homeless :)<br />Remembered a couple of other things - the "gravediggin" concept - brilliant. And yes, thought it was "Man-see" before seeing the note about pronunciation.eyelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601805385274948668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-81395451004890986592013-10-20T10:30:41.286-07:002013-10-20T10:30:41.286-07:00Eye've read through your entire page, a couple...Eye've read through your entire page, a couple of days ago, and thought of responses, but the phone doesn't let me comment (lovely 2G) so hopefully all thoughts will be included in this one response (laziness.) Your stories are wonderful. Eye love the word "fuckery" and love the term "dig." Also despise the word "blog" - prefer "online journal" or perhaps "online writing space" would be more appropriate for yours. Sorry about your relationship, but it's good that you got away. Abusive and abusive-ish and dramatic unhealthy relationships seem hardest for people to get out of - maybe it's the intensity, maybe the bad times make the good times so much better and attached feelings latched in that much deeper. But where you are now, it's not ideal, but much better than exposing your children to viciousness from your husband - even if it's only directed at you. And your situation shows one detriment of ever admitting to heroin use - the people outside of it don't seem to be able to let it go, always suspecting, always use it against you. That's one reason that despite family "not being stupid," it's not going to be a conversation topic, other than plain not wanting to fucking hear it and waste time regarding their desires for it to end. Like anything else, it'll end when it ends, and no one else can influence that. Anyway, your homeless situation - for a lot of people, it would seem a good excuse to fall back into the old familiar respite, but you haven't, which is good...although for you it seems you're far enough removed that you wouldn't even seriously consider it. You care too much (for your children), you don't feel there's nothing left to lose, and that's just not your life anymore anyway. Just dropping in to tell you those things, and to let you know eye like your "online writing space." :)eyelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601805385274948668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-14430301637978683942013-09-04T09:22:04.535-07:002013-09-04T09:22:04.535-07:00Hey Karl,
I keep forgetting to bring my damned me...Hey Karl, <br />I keep forgetting to bring my damned memory stick to the library. Which is closing in five minutes. But next time, I'll have a story to post here. Or maybe even two.<br />Hope you're well...<br />Love&Inspiration (could do with some bleedin inspiration myself),<br />Vee XGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-68589418708622877572013-09-03T13:42:52.649-07:002013-09-03T13:42:52.649-07:00Hiya.Hiya.karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348192514955706097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-87681642021478964522013-08-12T08:32:03.943-07:002013-08-12T08:32:03.943-07:00Hey Shane,
I know, he's been very rude recent...Hey Shane, <br />I know, he's been very rude recently and missed a couple of emails. But it's ok, just so long as you're well, is all that matters. I do worry, just drop us a line to let me know you're safe and well,<br />Love&long life, <br />Vee XGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740635041725423656.post-89409364072179094652013-08-12T08:30:10.944-07:002013-08-12T08:30:10.944-07:00Hey Gina,
Apologies to you too, hey, at least I fo...Hey Gina,<br />Apologies to you too, hey, at least I found your comment now, and thank you for your kind words. Yes, there have been many, many junkie authors, poets, artists, musicians over the years. Junkie's a strange word; Shane writes interesting stuff on this topic, you may have read it.<br />I had to change the settings on here so I don't think you'll be able to comment as 'anonymous' any more. It was because I was getting overwhelmed with regular sexcam spam, so missing genuine readers' comments. I wanted to keep it open for anyone to comment and may change it back in a month or so. In the meantime, if you did want to write on here, the system will let you if you have a gmail account. Sorry for the inconvenience, it annoys me too.<br />Love&Inspiration, <br />Vee XGravediggin' Under the Mancy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535049480477577355noreply@blogger.com