I was at the cinema recently watching the latest Bridget Jones movie (I know people loved it, but I thought it was dull - maybe a reflection of what life looks like for many women when they reach the golden age of the menopause, and people start dying, and the kids have taken over your … Continue reading The Cinderella Complex
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Pride & Prejudice (Alternative)
Liz glanced out of the steamed up coach window and thought the day couldn’t possibly be more miserable. The heavens had opened the minute they had pulled up outside Sudbury Hall and she was reluctant to reach for her long overcoat and woolly hat that fitted over her ears like a bonnet. It seemed … Continue reading Pride & Prejudice (Alternative)
Waiting for Rita
As she looked out over the sunlit bay from her window she was reminded of faraway shores, the soft ripple of a breeze over gently crashing waves, wine chilled, condensation running like tiny rivers down the curved body of the bottle. They were sat looking out across the bay, sipping their favourite wine and life … Continue reading Waiting for Rita
The Homecoming
It seemed as if she had been waiting for him forever. It seemed like that the first day she met him, and it still seemed that way now. Her hands tightened around the steering wheel as she watched lights in the dark, shadowy houses being switched off as the hours ticked by. How long would … Continue reading The Homecoming
When Love Breaks Down (The Horror Years)
More than anything, she was flattered in her unearthly world. Quietly pleased that she had, in fact, created more devastation than she first suspected as she had lay bleeding, suffering and unattended to for a matter of years. She thought it had just been her that broke. She thought it was just her who had … Continue reading When Love Breaks Down (The Horror Years)




