Sorry, I have been AWOL. I don’t have much to report, really. I have been looking after Jersey for the last two weeks while trying to finish my dissertation, which is due in September. My head is all over the place… and the creative writing juices feel like they are running on empty. So, I …
Year: 2025
When Connection Takes a Backseat
Approximate reading time: 13min Wednesday 16th July It has been another week of coughing, so I haven’t been able to teach much. I tried to go back to school yesterday, but by the end of the day, I had no voice, so alas, today has been another day off, trying to rest. On the plus …
A Happy Snowflake
Approximate reading time: 14 min Written Wednesday, 9th July It’s Wednesday afternoon, and lo and behold, I actually feel like writing for the first time in weeks, so I thought I would grab the bull by the horns and run with it! It’s going to be one of those random connect-the-dot posts that seems to …
The ‘look’
Approximate reading time: 14 min I am going to attempt to write something ‘fresh’ even though I don’t feel like writing AT ALL. I have been sick for most of the weekend. The inspiration is DEAD, I tell you. Today, on the way to a babysitting job at 7:30 on A Sunday morning, (Waaaaay too …
Frisson
Approximate reading time: 2 min Written 16th June 2022 I learnt a new word That I’ve never heard before That describes something amazing Something I absolutely adore… That feeling of elation Combined with aesthetic chills That listening to music So often instils Or perhaps a beautiful sight Triggers it off Those goosebumps Those tingles From your …
Expansion and Contraction
Approximate reading time: 8 min Written 30th May 2022 You know when you feel Life is happy and just fine Then you’re knocked for a six Every fucking time I feel like I’m going crazy Everything’s scrambled in my head I’m crying all the time Struggling to get out of bed Should I have stopped …
Half a century
Approximate reading time: 7 min It has arrived. The BIG 5.0. is finally here. Happy birthday me!;-) It has been a pretty great week. Last weekend I finished my final coding assignment that I have been working on for the past 6 months and on Tuesday I received my results. I needed 50% to pass …
Up down,Up down…UP!
Approximate reading time: 25 minutes Ok, so truth be told, I have been crying a bucket-shit load for the last couple of months. It’s a well-known fact that I cry a lot. As a highly sensitive person, I have come to accept that this is just how I am. I get overwhelmed easily, I cry, …
My. Own. Two. Feet.
Approximate reading time: 4 min Written 15th May 2022 Lo and behold It has to be said After 3 months of diligence My determination is dead I’ve been trying desperately To finish a dam book On my study reading list (Lest it not be forsook!) But now I’m DONE reading I seriously had to stop …
An outstanding school
Approximate reading time: 4 min Written the 14th May 2022 Today I got sent To a school near Kew As I arrived at the door I almost immediately knew… It was going to be “One of those days!” What was it, pray tell That gave it away The huge sign on the gate And from …