Approximate reading time: 7min Written 2nd April 2021 I don’t really write about my dreams anymore They pretty much continue as they always have before Random images from my distant past memories, old ghosts never an A list-cast But last night you were back in them again I have dreamed of you since I don’t …
Author: Gayle Hill
Finding my words…
Approximate reading time: 14 min Thank you for all the prayers…. Poppy is pooping again! (It’s not quite the right colour mind you, but one must be grateful for small miracles. 😉 As I said in my post on Saturday this poem took me almost two months to write. Two months of continual fighting with …
A day of poop
Approximate reading time: 3min Today has been a fun day!!! I came down this morning to find that the pork ribs I had ordered with my Chinese last night had magically disappeared. I thought I had put them in the fridge. Mmmm apparently not….. and what is that I see in the dog’s basket but …
Unpacking the anxiety…
Approximate reading time: 11 min I have a confession to make…. In my last post I lied…. Well, it was a teeny lie by omission …. I said last week was “fun but exhausting” …. Although there were elements of fun to it what I should have actually said was “last week was emotional, draining …
Cheat night
So I have been trying my best to post at least one blog post, every 7 days. I kind of made a pact with myself that no matter what I would keep posting regularly for 2 years or until all my poems were up. (whichever comes first) The reason being: I have developed the habit …
“My God”
Approximate reading time: 9 min I hope you have had a good week so far. My week has been a little bit of a manic mess. (A far, far cry from last week!) I have been dogsitting lovely grampa Colin while continuing to look after Bailey for 3 days, and then walking Dolly as well. …
My fight with food
Approximate reading time: 8 min It’s been an awesome week!;-) My flatmate, Richard’s girlfriend came down to stay with him for a couple of days and she is as lovely as he is. I ‘attempted‘ to make us chicken-rice soup but it kinda turned morphed into a risotto. (I was trying to be all ‘Jamie …
The world keeps turning
Approximate reading time: 10 min So I’m overdue for a little update. (It’s going to be truly thrilling!;-) I am pleased to report that the new flatmate is working out well. Richard has managed to actually set the timer on our central heating. (No more gigantic heating bills. Whoohooo!) One would think that that would …
The Wizard of OZ
Written 11 March 2021 The Wizard of Oz Is so often what I see When it comes to my writing In comparison with me Hidden safely in the sanctity Of my emerald room I feverishly pen My feelings that consume This is what I think! This is what I know! But when it comes to real …
Frankie & Johnny
Approximate Reading time: 8 min Written 8th March 2021 I watched an old movie Late last night Which left me feeling Irritably contrite Michelle Pfeiffer ,Al Pacino in “Frankie and Johnny” Pretty good reviews As far as I could see “The perfect love story For these troubled times” “A feel-good romantic comedy” were some review …