Approximate reading time: 2 min Written the 14th May 2022 It’s been a good week I’ve got lots to say I was with a Y1 class For a full 3 days And I loved them so much With every fibre of my being It’s hard to explain The intensity of feeling Such gentle, kind children Who’ve …
Category: Gratitude
To Binnet, with love
Approximate reading time: 8 min I am incredibly happy to report that I have found 3 single women for my master’s study. I can’t even begin to describe how relieved I am. Apparently, I’m not the ONLY almost-50-singleton in the world;-) So this week has been pretty chilled and happy, despite the fact that my …
That swear word ‘should’
Approximate reading time: 5 min I’ve lost my writing mojo. I think my dissertation is freaking me out too much. So far, I have had exactly zero responses to my reach out for participants for my study. For the love of God, surely I can’t be the only single 49-year-old female in the whole, entire …
Back in my garden
Approximate reading time: 7 min Happy Easter! It’s been a great week. It’s currently school holidays and I have been dog-sitting Jersey again. Good grief, I love that dog. Jersey will be your absolute best friend and then suddenly turn around and snap at you for no apparent reason. The second, after she has snapped, …
A few good days
Approximate reading time: 4 min Written the 22nd March 2022 Respite I haven’t cried Not ONCE in three weeks I haven’t zoned out eating crap While binging on Netflix I feel relatively weightless Nothing to figure out or ascertain Calm, relaxed And relatively sane Simply watching the world My own reality show It seems pointless to …
A whole spectrum of emotions
Approximate reading time: 16 min Apologies for being AWOL for a week. It’s been a busy Christmas. 😉 One of my oldest friends Michelle, who I have been friends with for 41 years, was visiting her family in the UK and I got to spend 3 days with her, which was AMAZING. It is worth …
One Starfish at a Time
Approximate reading time: 27min I often wonder why simply being a teacher has never been enough for me. I have through the years met so many amazing teachers who have dedicated their lives to their vocation. Part of me admires and envies them…. Why have I never been able to just settle and be content? …
Goodbyes and New Beginnings
Approximate reading time: 10 min I realise sometimes my poems must make me sound like a stark raving lunatic. All these different characters and voices. A nut job who talks to herself….I’m pretty sure in some countries I could be locked up for that. The beauty is, I am past caring. It was a relief …
Step away from the sink
Approximate reading time: 5 min Last week was a tiny bit surreal, amazing, but surreal. On Sunday I got yet another noise complaint about my tenants in South Africa. If you recall these would be the same tenants that I had to evict two weeks ago due to ongoing noise complaints. (For pretty much the …
My 2024 Worry Inventory
In 2022 I started a worry book. I did. Sometimes I find I get so bogged down worrying about things that inevitably that I decided to start my own worry inventory. (I needed visual proof that my worry was useless!!) I have only used about 3 A4 size pages in 2 years (Which, personally, I …