It’s really quite simple. (Which isn’t the same as easy, by the way.) The key to falling in love and not falling back out of it is this: Pay attention. When you pay attention, you’ll actually notice the incredible scent of wisteria wafting on the gentle May breeze or the ferns curled up tightly like […]
My little one has learned to clap and she’s utterly delighted with herself. Nevermind that she only claps with one hand and makes no sound, she’s ‘clapping handies’ and that is just marvellous! Ah babies. I love babies, they’re amazing, while my own one is of course the most wonderful little tot the world has […]
Drum roll……. I wrote a book! I published the book! And I finally, fiiiiinally released the book on April 24th at a very special book launch that was one of the best evenings of my life. The venue was perfect, the food was delicious, so many of my friends and family made the effort to […]
(I wrote this poem in August 2021 and it always brings me right back to that morning which, in hindsight, doesn’t seem half as bad as it did on the day!) I’m restless, agitated, reeeeeeally cranky. The cat has kicked her poop onto the kitchen floor and the dog is eating it. It would be […]
I don’t know how to change it all. I don’t know how to stop the bombs, the brutal and constant assault of a land and its people, the daily killings, the fresh waves of soul-searing grief ripping through those left alive. I don’t know how to stop humans hurting other humans. I wish I did. […]
There was a full moon last night. A full moon in Leo, opposite Pluto. Did anyone else start howling? I’m delighted to announce that we are all back on track and fully recovered, even my Mum who definitely had it the worst of anyone and whose cough sounded like she was chain-smoking 50 fags a […]
Time, oh dear time, wherefore art thou? Hast thou forsaken me for ever moreth?! Well, oooooh wellity wellity wellity. I thought I was a busy little lady before, running around like a headless damn chicken as it was, frazzled, sleep-deprived and wondering how long before I turned into a total loony-case and strolled up to […]
It’s eight thirty-seven pm, I have literally just got the kids to sleep, aka, I finally have a tiny sliver of real time to myself. I want to demolish a box of chocolates in front of the tv and zone out on Netflix. But it’s a brand new year and it’s time to make a […]
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