It's time for a spiritual awakening.

Psychic Ploppo has been making her presence felt in the gang recently. Things have been happening to Baggy that haven't happened in some considerable time. Despite her name, Ploppo is not a 'proper' psychic; that is, she doesn't really know what she is doing, however, she is extremely psychic. Indeed she has been since she was a child. Clever Bird is well aware that many Baggees will now be running for the hills, or muttering at their screen as they read this, and sometimes Freda Fretter does wonder whether it is wise for Baggy to discuss such things aloud, let alone put them in writing, but there you are, Ploppo is psychic. 

Regular Baggees will know this, as Creative Clara has mentioned it before, and yet Ploppo can disappear from the gang for months, even years at a time. Clever Bird wonders why this is, but suspects it's something to do with Hormonal Hannah's state-of-mind. Certainly when Hannah is feeling vulnerable or ill, Ploppo seems to have experiences. Yet, Ploppo is often at her most noticeable when Baggy is feeling content and physically well. 

But since Baggy's father died, some seven or eight years ago (Hormonal Hannah has blanked that little piece of information), Ploppo has only surfaced a few times - until now. In the last few weeks on a number of occasions, Pepper Pooch has suddenly started to do a low-rumbling growl, while staring at the spot in the sitting room where Baggy's father died. Baggy saw and felt nothing - of Ploppo there was no sign. 

Then on the day before Baggy's 60th birthday, something otherworldly happened; Baggy received a text message from an acquaintance who's one of Baggy's Facebook friends.

'I think I may have a message for you. Do you have anyone in your family called Harry?'

After various misunderstandings on Clever Bird's part, about whether or not her FB account had been hacked, it transpired that it was in fact a spirit-message from Baggy's great-great-grandfather. Baggy had no clue that this acquaintance was a medium having maybe met him two or three times, but apparently he'd received the message at 4 o'clock in the morning that Harry wished to speak to Baggy. 

As text messages whizzed back-and-forth, for perhaps an hour, another spirit joined the conversation.

'Harry is telling me of .... some sort of uncertainty about the future.'

While Baggy tried to type a response, this came...

'I'm getting a strong odour of pipe smoke?'

'Are you thinking of writing a book? I see notes and stuff needing to be put together in a book or folder, like a first draft script or something?'

'Could be more than one male here... the men in your family have always been the strong silent types... but you would not want to cross them.'

By this point, Clever Bird was being a cynic, and thinking, well of course, much of this has been in Baggy's blogs has it not? And yet, much of the messages had not been in the blog, and Baggy's dad always smoked a pipe - a very smelly, unpleasant tobacco...

'He has watched you grow into a fine woman and is very proud of you. He comes with a lot of emotion, but he may not have done, or said so when he was on earth plain.'

'... careful as you tread, don't go tripping over because your mind is not on where it's going...'

And on and on, and more and more information. Needless to say, Baggy was a mess. But any doubts that Clever Bird might have had about the 'realness' of the messages, (bearing in mind that Baggy's father was 100% cynical about any reference that Psychic Ploppo ever made to ghosts, spirits, deja vu experiences or anything else not scientifically explicable, and inevitably greeted such comments with derision), disappeared with the last comment:

'He has moved off now, but left me a gift for you?'
'A daisy chain?'
'Odd'
'There is some plaited hair... I think.'

The fact is Baggees that when Baggy was a little girl (when her real mother still lived with them), Baggy wore her long hair in plaits. As mentioned in other blogs, due to some (unknown) trauma, Baggy has blanked out 99% of her childhood - entirely. She literally has no memories of it from aged around eight, back, with a few exceptions. One such, being sitting on the lawn with her sister and dad, as he showed Baggy and Debby how to make daisy chains. Having made them each one, he then placed them on their heads...

Clever Bird can only suppose, that since Hormonal Hannah has been in some very dark places since moving to Baggy's father's house, and has some false memories planted in her brain, due to all kinds of weird nightmares, Baggy's dad has been trying to get in touch with Ploppo to reassure her. Clearly Pepper Pooch picked up on this, even if Ploppo was oblivious. But her dad got through in the end!!!

The gist of his message, was that Creative Clara needs to focus on her way forward, and not get side-tracked, or back pedal, putting obstacles in her way (as she generally does). Basically, it's time to do what she loves doing, and write! Baggy's father always thought that Baggy didn't make the most of her talents, and he was probably right; let's face it, Clara has spent over four years writing her first novel, and it's still unpublished, indeed, totally un-shared. And Psychic Ploppo has always wanted Clever Bird to find out more about her gifts, but Freda Fretter has never allowed her to. Well it would seem that Baggy's dad and great-great-grandad think it's time to let Clara and Ploppo take a more prominent role in the gang, so that is what will be happening!...

Last night Psychic Ploppo asked her spirit guide, 'What do I need to do to move forwards?'

These cards were her answer. Each and every one of which, has the same message: meditate to unblock your energy; focus on your inner being; tackle new projects with confidence; contemplate how to best spend your time; work out what you love to do; relax and meditate; stop sitting on your own life force, let it flow...

Note to readers: For the avoidance of any doubt, every character in this blog is Baggy! No Baggy was harmed in its writing, although some of them get pretty confused!