Words
Birthdays always make me think of the swift fleeting of life. 56 years young & the future is definitely shorter than my past! So, here’s some words of wisdom. Love your body & allow it to age. If you don’t respect it & treat it with care, how can you expect other people to? Ditch … Continue reading What are you looking for?
I once had the most beautiful coat. I spied it in a charity shop & I guess that the fact it had been used, belonged to someone else, and had been symbolically passed on for someone else’s pleasure really appealed to me. I don’t mind other people’s cast offs. Anyway, the coat seemed beautiful to … Continue reading The Coat of Many Colours & the Art of Recycling
I had this ginger Tom*… No. Don’t get me wrong. He wasn’t mine. He had a family of his own. But one fine day he chose me. It was in the heart of lockdown. I was recovering from Covid direct from Wuhan, sick, poorly, trying to get back on my feet, I’d recently lost out … Continue reading The Comings & Goings…
My neck and shoulders were stiff from sitting in the same position all day, watching my life model from across the room. I rolled my head, feeling the bones in my neck crack, and I was glad of the dark, almost velvet glow of the bar. It was comforting after the stark glow of the … Continue reading Life Model – A Short Story
I’m not sporty. Never have been. Can’t be bothered with competing with other people, not in any walks of my life. But I am interested in being healthy & have always enjoyed aerobics, yoga, hiking & walking. It’s never been an obsession (not like writing & love) though. I’ve joined a couple of gyms in … Continue reading To the gym & back
Travelling to a Greek island on my own recently, I was served up one of those algorithmic adverts for a Facebook group of women over 50 who like to travel solo. Oh, I thought to myself, that's me! I clicked on it because it looked interesting, and my word, how interesting was it! This group … Continue reading Going Solo
I guess that throughout all our lives we put on some kind of performance - depending on what situation we find ourselves in. To some extent we all play a part, in something, but it’s rare that outside of the workplace our performances are managed or, indeed, appraised. So why should it be important to … Continue reading Ticking the performance boxes
Once upon a time, whilst travelling in the Far East, we went in search of the singing birds in Singapore. The trusty guide book promised: 'Most mornings songbird enthusiasts gather at the corner of Tiong Bahru and Seng Poh Roads to drink coffee and listen to their birds give voice. Each bird is housed in … Continue reading In Search of the Singing Birds…
Being a writer is a tumultuous business. Not in a professional sense. Professionally, if you write, you create words for specific people based on specific topics and subjects. It's a skill you can master and you can speak with many voices when commanded. That's okay, usually you're getting paid for it and artistic integrity can … Continue reading Letting Go & The Crisis of Confidence
Mea Culpa His love was like liquid, thick with elixir, a hot potion so potent that senses were dented, it coursed through veins left brightly untamed, like the inhaled smokes of tip toeing ghosts, burning like fire, raging higher & higher, I drank & I gulped, it was entirely my fault. Cheers to all that … Continue reading Liquid
Seven years ago I was presented with a road ahead that surprised me. It surprised me because I hadn't reached a crossroads, I wasn't standing bewildered, shaking my head with a choice between a left or a right turn. I was presented with a road that was familiar, but one that I thought had been … Continue reading The long and winding road less travelled
On a recent solo road trip to Northern Ireland I was both taken with & slightly irritated by the constant questioning about whether I was on my own. Firstly, booking things for one person (especially hotels) seems to be a real issue and I have no idea, to this day, why I need to pay … Continue reading Is that just yerself & is it just you?
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