When there is war... This poem was inspired by Ukranian Jewellery Maker Tanya Kolyada. May While we were looking forward to restrictions relaxing and life becoming more normal again, now we have the horror of war in Ukraine. It’s hard to know what to do think and...
Do you set goals for the New Year? Maybe you go for it and enthusiastically work out for 3 days and then life happens and you wonder where the time went and it’s Christmas again…Maybe just thinking about your new year’s resolutions make you feel overwhelmed? Been...
The media is full of Covid and with the numbers to back it, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and fearful. Being in this state over a period of time can erode your sense of well-being and affect your mental health. But what can we do when everything seems to be out of...
It’s blackberry time again, autumn is here, but I still have a foot in summer. On Saturday night, I slept out in the garden, snug in my sleeping bag covered with a tarp to keep dry. It was almost full moon and I walked outside to my bed in the silvery light. For the...
I’m sitting in the morning sunshine oustside our airbnb chalet, loooking up at a bright blue sky with a smattering of white wispy clouds. The tulips my friend Sal helped me plant last year are in full bloom. Tara cat is sunbathing next to me. The birds are...
After midnight, my lovely designated night midwife would bring Alan up from the morgue. I could hold him and study his little face so I could learn it and imprint it in my memory. I accepted that it had to be like this, seeing my baby in the dead of night. ...
